Geneva, 21 December, 2022.- Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi remain out of school, UN experts* warned today, urging the Government and tobacco companies operating in the country to improve labour conditions and ensure human rights are protected across the supply chain. “Despite the abolition ofContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 20 December, 2022.- The United Nations torture prevention experts urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish a torture prevention body at the State level without further delay to protect people deprived of their liberty against torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The call came at the end of theContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 20 December, 2022.- Privacy is taken very seriously in Lithuania but more can be done to ensure vulnerable groups such as migrants and refugees, older persons, children and LGBTIQ+ are provided greater protection, a UN expert said. At the end of a five-day official visit, from 12 to 16Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 20 December, 2022.- Demonising victims of trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery erodes public sympathy for measures to protect them and may lead to attacks on these groups by extremists, UN experts warned today, urging the United Kingdom to step up efforts to protect survivors. The credibility of victimsContinuar Leyendo
En fallo unánime, la Novena Sala del tribunal de alzada confirmó la sentencia que condenó al fisco a pagar una indemnización de $20.000.000 por concepto de daño moral, a Marcos Cornelio Rodríguez González, dirigente poblacional detenido en julio de 1989, por efectivos de Carabineros, quienes lo trasladan y someten aContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 19 December, 2022.- States must immediately and efficiently coordinate their efforts to prevent the disappearance of thousands of migrants en route to their countries of destination each year, UN rights experts* stressed on the eve of International Migrants Day. More than 35,000 migrants have died or disappeared since 2014,Continuar Leyendo
Athens, December 17, 2022.- The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies today welcomed Greece’s commitment to regulate the operations of private military and security companies. During an eight-day official visit to the country, the human rights experts assessed the regulation of privateContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 16 December, 2022.- The UN Child Rights Committee urged Peru to take immediate action to end violence against children, investigate the casualty of children during recent protests and duly guarantee children’s rights to expression. The Committee issued a statement today to express its deep concerns about the information itContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 16 December, 2022.- UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments. They said in a statement issued today: “Since 18 NovemberContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 15 December, 2022.- UN experts condemned the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year that have made 2022 the deadliest in this area of the occupied Palestinian territory since the United Nations started systematically documentingContinuar Leyendo
