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Geneva, 11 April, 2023.- UN human rights experts* today hailed a decision by the Malaysian parliament to revoke the country’s mandatory death penalty for many serious crimes, a decision that could potentially spare the lives of 1300 prisoners on death row. “The decision bolsters the global trend towards universal abolition,”Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 8 April, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Saturday expressed alarm at the current tense situation in Sudan. Türk renewed his plea to all sides to set aside entrenched positions and personal interests, to focus on the common interests of the Sudanese people by redoublingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 April, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday said he was deeply troubled by restrictions on media and civic space in Burkina Faso after the suspension of media outlets and expulsion of two foreign correspondents from the country, amid wider curbs against freedom ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 April, 2023.- UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. On 4 April, the de facto authorities prevented women working for the United Nations in Jalalabad from attending their places of work. YesterdayContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 April, 2023.- A UN expert today expressed grave concern about interference in an investigation into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, including threats against the investigating judge. UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite condemned the undue delays that have prevented justiceContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 April, 2023.- With up to one million people estimated to have been victims of disappearance, including enforced disappearance, over the past five decades and the crisis continuing today with ongoing patterns, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances urged Iraq to immediately establish the basis to prevent, eradicate andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 April, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday stressed that his Office will strengthen its work on Libya, where the human rights situation continues to deteriorate amid widespread violence by armed actors, ongoing political deadlock, and deepening curbs on civic space. Türk was speakingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, April 02, 2023.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on Bangladesh to suspend immediately its application of the Digital Security Act. “I am concerned that the Digital Security Act is being used across Bangladesh to arrest, harass and intimidate journalists and human rights defenders, and to muzzleContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 31 March, 2023.- Disciplinary proceedings carried out against Ugandan Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye may amount to retaliation against her for carrying out her judicial functions, a UN expert said today. UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite expressed grave concern that disciplinary proceedingsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday voiced his alarm at the continued erosion of the rule of law in Guatemala, where justice officials, including those who worked for or cooperated with the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), continue to face intimidation,Continuar Leyendo