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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

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