Human Rigths (Page 70)

Geneva,  10 May, 2023.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over increasing violence in Haiti, including sexual violence and exploitation perpetrated by gangs against women and children. «Scenes of chaos have been reported on the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas, forcing residents to remain in theirContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 May, 2023.- UN experts* today strongly condemned several recent executions, including Mr. Habib Chaab, a Swedish-Iranian national from the Ahwazi Arab minority, Mr. Yousef Mehrdad and Mr. Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, and warned that executions following flawed trials were tantamount to arbitrary deprivation of life under international law. “TrialsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 May, 2023.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today expressed dismay at the frighteningly high number of executions this year in Iran, and called on authorities to follow the lead of most other States and to abolish the death penalty or halt all executions. “On average so farContinuar Leyendo

Geneva/Kabul, 5 May, 2023.- Following an eight-day joint visit to Afghanistan, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, and the Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, shared their preliminary observations*: Context “The mission took place from 27Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 May, 2023.- In its first decision on an individual complaint against Mexico, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) found that the State had violated its obligations to conduct a prompt, exhaustive and impartial investigation of the disappearance of a young Mexican man who was removed from hisContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 May, 2023.- UN experts* today expressed alarm at the imminent risk of execution of three members of the Howeitat tribe in Saudi Arabia and urged authorities to halt the process. “Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 May, 2023.- The death of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan must be accounted for, UN experts said today, calling Israel’s mass arbitrary detention of Palestinians “cruel” and “inhumane.” The 45-year-old Palestinian prisoner died in his prison cell on Tuesday morning after a hunger strike that spanned nearly threeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 02 May, 2023.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has expressed alarm at the overcrowding in Madagascar’s prison facilities, which it observed during its first visit to the country. “The extreme overcrowding we witnessed in prisons, close to 1000% in some of them, needs immediate action from theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 28 April, 2023.- The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) found that Mexico had not taken the required legislative, administrative and other measures, including reasonable accommodation policies and staff training at tertiary education institutions, to ensure that a woman with intellectual disability has access toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 April, 2023.-  The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor yesterday submitted an amicus curiae brief to a court in Russia to support the Moscow Helsinki Group’s appeal against its dissolution in January 2023. The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) is the oldest humanContinuar Leyendo