Geneva, 26 March, 2023.- India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, a UN expert said today, after renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez was arrested in a second case on terrorism charges. “Indian authorities appear to be intensifying the long-standing repression of Kashmiri civil society,”Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 25 March, 2023.- The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Zambia, after examining the six States parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Covenant on CivilContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 22 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was devastating and deeply disturbing, and called on President Yoweri Museveni not to promulgate it into law. “The passing of thisContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 21 March, 2023.- Unprecedented self-isolation imposed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the suffering of its people, a UN expert warned today. In a report to the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, the UN SpecialContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 18 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Government of Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, in a UN Human Rights Office report published today that concludes gross human rights violationsContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 16 March, 2023.- UN experts today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure to protect them, prevent further attacks and conduct swift investigations. “The first reported poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran occurred on 30 November 2022, inContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 15 March, 2023.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today urged States to publicly recognise the great successes achieved by human rights defenders all over the world. “All over the world the positive achievements of human rights defenders too often go unrecognised.Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 13 March, 2023.- Support systems are essential for persons with disabilities to live with dignity, autonomy and independence, a UN expert said today, urging that their voices be included in broader policy approaches to care and services. In a report to the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council,Continuar Leyendo
Washington, March 12, 2023.- March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme, «Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,» acknowledges the pioneering women, past and present, as important contributors to the achievements of the military services and civilian workforce, stated Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., under secretary of defense for personnel andContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 11 March, 2023.- The recruitment of prisoners serving sentences in Russian correctional facilities for the private military and security contractor known as the “Wagner Group” was alarming, UN experts* said today. “We are deeply disturbed by reports of visits by members of the so-called Wagner Group to correctional facilitiesContinuar Leyendo
