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Geneva, 28 October, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday commended an important advance towards accountability for gross human rights violations in Kenya, following the decision to charge senior police officers with murder, rape and torture as crimes against humanity in the context of the 2017Continuar Leyendo

New York, 27 October, 2022.- Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from settler-colonialism, which must end as a pre-condition for the Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination, the UN’s independent expert on the occupied Palestinian territory said today. “For over 55 years, the Israeli military occupation has prevented theContinuar Leyendo

New York, 26 October, 2022.- A UN expert today called for the prompt establishment of an independent investigative mechanism into all human rights violations leading up to and since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, who died in hospital after being arrested by the morality police. The UN Special RapporteurContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 26 October, 2022.- UN human rights experts* condemned the killings and the crackdown by security forces in Iran on protesters following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, including alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, gender-based and sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances. They urged that theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 October, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today demanded effective accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the October 2021 military coup in Sudan. To break the country’s cycle of turmoil, they also called for an independent accountability and transitional justice mechanism with a mandate toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva / Canberra,  24 October 2022.- The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has decided to suspend its visit to Australia due to obstructions it encountered in carrying out its mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment orContinuar Leyendo

New York, 22 October, 2022.- Human-induced climate change is the largest, most pervasive threat to the natural environment and societies the world has ever experienced, and the poorest countries are paying the heaviest price, a UN expert said. “Throughout the world, human rights are being negatively impacted and violated asContinuar Leyendo

New York, 21 October, 2022.- Inequitable vaccine availability during the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the great disparity between the global North and South in accessing critical resources for the fuller realisation of human rights, a UN expert said. “The procurement by some States of enough vaccinesContinuar Leyendo

New York, 20 October, 2022.- Eliminating racism and disparities in health status resulting from racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is central to global efforts to advance the right to health and other human rights, a UN expert told the General Assembly today. “The health consequences of racism and discrimination areContinuar Leyendo

Kabul, 20 October, 2022.- After completing his 12-day visit to Afghanistan today, Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, concluded that the country continues to experience a serious crisis and urgent action is needed from all parties to avert a further deterioration of theContinuar Leyendo