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Geneva, 8 November, 2022.- UN experts* today called on Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and immediately release recently detained Sebnem Korur Fincancı, a recognised forensic medical practitioner and anti-torture expert. Fincancı, who helped develop the United Nations’ reference standards on the investigation and documentationContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 November, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Saturday issued an open letter to Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer at Twitter, urging him to “ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter” under Musk’s leadership. The letter follows reports of the sacking ofContinuar Leyendo

New York, 5 November, 2022.- Persons affected by leprosy have been waiting too long for their disability rights to be recognised globally and nationally, a UN independent expert told the General Assembly. “Persons affected by leprosy should be fully recognised as persons with disabilities in accordance with the Convention onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 November, 2022.-UN experts today urged Brazil’s new government to axe a ‘parental alienation’ law that can lead to discrimination against women and girls, particularly in family court custody battles. Following the conclusion of the country’s presidential elections, the human rights experts issued the following statement: “Today we callContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 04 November, 2022.- The independence of the judiciary and national institutions is vital to stability and transitional process in the Central African Republic (CAR), a UN expert said today, following the removal of the top judge on the country’s Constitutional Court by presidential decree last week. President of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 November, 2022.- The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued its findings on Ethiopia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Russia, after examining the implementation of civil and political rights in the respective States. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 November, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that unremitting armed violence has precipitated Haiti’s descent into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. Urgent solutions to this “protracted, multifaceted crisis» must be found, he stressed. “People are being killed by firearms,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 November, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday welcomed the conviction and sentencing of three members of the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed group for crimes against humanity and war crimes for their roles in a massacre of 46 civilians in 2019 andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 November, 2022.- It is no exaggeration to say that our right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Wednesday, as he issued an open letter calling for human rights toContinuar Leyendo

New York, 30 October, 2022.- A UN expert said today that despite the international consensus that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing fragilities within food systems, there remains no multilateral response to the crisis. “The problem is not lack of solutions,” said Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur onContinuar Leyendo