Human Rigths (Page 75)

Geneva, 4 January, 2023.- As I marked the beginning of this new year with my family, my thoughts went to those whose loved ones are languishing in detention facilities – imprisoned for exercising their human rights. This includes people working in defence of the environment, on climate action, those calling outContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 December, 2022.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking perilous sea voyages. “More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2022 alone, and I amContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 December, 2022.-  UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and supported a unified effort of the international community to take a stand against this latest human rights violation, furtherContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 December, 2022.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has strongly condemned the recent decisions by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to exclude women and girls from universities and ban them from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs), saying they are cruel violations ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 December, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls, noting both the “terrible, cascading effects” on their lives and the destabilizing risks suchContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 December, 2022.- A UN human rights expert today called on the authorities in Libya to take urgent steps to protect all women and girls in the country from rampant violence and mistreatment, to fully implement prevention measures, and ensure protection and support for victims. Following an eight-day visitContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 December, 2022.- Appealing for the immediate rescue of Rohingya refugees in distress on a vessel in the Andaman Sea, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews said regional governments in South and Southeast Asia should prioritise safety and human rights and ensure coordinated search and rescue operations. HeContinuar Leyendo

Canberra/Geneva, 22 December, 2022.- Africans and people of African descent are exposed to multi-faceted forms of racial discrimination, xenophobia and systemic racism in all spheres of predominantly ‘white’ Australia, says the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Ending a 10-day official visit to the country, the expertsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 December, 2022.- While noting that the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution on Myanmar for the first time since a military coup nearly two years ago, Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, responded by stating that the crisis in MyanmarContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 December, 2022.-  UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their human rights and the application of multiple irrational restrictions that may amount to gender persecution, a crime against humanity. Their statementContinuar Leyendo