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Luxembourg City/Geneva,  10 Dec, 2022.- UN experts today hailed Luxembourg’s commitment to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and praised the development of two National Action Plans on business and human rights. “Inviting the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights as the first SpecialContinuar Leyendo

Berlin/Geneva, 9 December, 2022.- Germany must embrace its rich cultural diversity and act more firmly to enable those marginalised to fully participate in shaping society, a UN expert said today. At the end of a 13-day official visit to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of culturalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 09,  2022.- UN experts today condemned today’s execution of a 23-year-old demonstrator convicted in the context of nation-wide protests and raised the alarm about Iranian artists charged for crimes carrying the death penalty. The young Iranian was hanged on Thursday morning after Tehran Islamic Revolution Court found himContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 7 de Diciembre de 2022.- Las y los expertos de la ONU han manifestado hoy su preocupación por que el proyecto de 1.500 kilómetros del Tren Maya en la península de Yucatán, en México, ponga en peligro los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y otras comunidades a la tierraContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 December, 2022.-  In order to realise a “world living in harmony with nature” by 2050, UN experts today called on States to ensure that the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is centred on human rights. “Healthy biodiversity and ecosystems are the foundation of life and fundamental to the enjoymentContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 December, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm over the deteriorating health situation of jailed human rights defender Arash Sadeghi and called for his immediate release from prison. Arash Sadeghi, who has been arrested and jailed on multiple occasions for his activities in defense of human rights,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 December, 2022.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed shock that more than 130 people have now been sentenced to death by military courts behind closed-doors in Myanmar since the military launched a coup last year, following fresh convictions this week. At least seven university studentsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 December, 2022.- Israel’s decision to deport French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hammouri to France against his will may constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention, UN experts* warned today. On 30 November 2022, Israel reaffirmed the revocation of his permanent residency in Jerusalem. Israeli authoritiesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 December, 2022.- The Myanmar Military is forcibly evicting over 50,000 people from informal settlements and systematically destroying homes in a fundamental violation of core human rights obligations, UN experts said today. More than 40,000 residents living in informal settlements in Mingaladon, a northern township of Yangon, have receivedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 December, 2022.- UN experts* said today they were concerned a 57- year-old Jordanian citizen may soon be executed for drug offences that do not meet the threshold for “most serious crimes” and continued to recommend the Government of Saudi Arabia to abolish the death penalty for drug convictions.Continuar Leyendo