Geneva, December 10, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today expressed solidarity with the victims of a deadly fire at an apartment complex in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China last month, and called for civic space to be ensured. “At a tragic time like this,Continuar Leyendo
Vienna, 9 December, 2025.- The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Ashwini K.P., today called on Austria to step up efforts to prevent, address and remedy structural forms of racial discrimination in the country. “During my visit, I was struck by deeply entrenched and pervasive racial hierarchies within AustrianContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 9 December, 2025.- UN anti-racism experts today underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of dehumanizing language, hate speech as well as ethnically motivated human rights violations and abuses in Sudan, particularly those targeting members belonging to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic communities committed byContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, December 08, 2025.- Independent human rights experts* today denounced the recent deportation to Lithuania of Belarussian prisoners released from jail, including opposition politicians, media workers and trade unionists. Many had their Belarusian identity documents confiscated and some were included on the official list of individuals involved in extremist activities.Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 07 December, 2025.- Attacks against journalists and independent media outlets in Serbia have spiralled in the past year, UN experts* warned today, calling on the Government to end impunity for perpetrators of these crimes. “We condemn the ongoing threats and attacks on journalists in Serbia that seem to takeContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 06 December, 2025.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today issued its findings on Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia after reviewing the six States Parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation ofContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Dec 04 , 2025.- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Pål Jonson, Sweden’s minister of defense, to the Pentagon today for a bilateral engagement. At the meeting’s outset, both leaders spoke highly of the U.S. and Sweden’s mutually beneficial military relationship, as well as the progress that Sweden hasContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 04 December, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed deep concern over the extradition of Vietnamese Montagnard human rights defender and UNHCR-recognised refugee Y Quynh Bdăp from Thailand to Viet Nam, warning that his return exposes him to a serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention andContinuar Leyendo
Ginebra, 1 de Diciembre de 2025.- La decisión de Ecuador de eliminar el Ministerio de la Mujer y de los Derechos Humanos y fusionarlo con el Ministerio del Gobierno representa un grave retroceso en los compromisos internacionales del país con la igualdad de género y los derechos humanos, afirmaron hoyContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, December 01, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed alarm at EU discussions about proposed legislation on the smuggling of migrants and its compatibility with international human rights law – particularly the potential absence of a mandatory humanitarian exemption. “Without a clearly defined mandatory humanitarian exemption, there is a serious riskContinuar Leyendo
