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Geneva, 4 July, 2022.- Rampant deforestation, chemical and plastic production, fossil fuel exploitation and other large-scale extractive activities by business entities are harming people and the planet, a UN expert said today, introducing a blueprint for laws to curb environmental and human rights violations by corporate actors. “Businesses operating inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 02, 2022.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) confirmed its upcoming visits to Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador and Türkiye in the second half of this year, and announced its plans to visit Croatia, Madagascar, Nicaragua, and the State of Palestine during the first half ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 June, 2022.-  The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will conduct an official visit to Botswana, from 4 to 15 July 2022, to assess the situation regarding deprivation of liberty in the country. The delegation – comprising two members of the group, Mumba Malila and Elina Steinerte –Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 June, 2022.- Time is running out to save Myanmar’s stricken generation, the UN Child Rights Committee warned today, urging the international community to take swift action to protect the country’s children. Citing alarming findings in a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rightsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 June, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today called for an urgent review of the legal proceedings brought against opposition politicians in Cambodia after at least 43 defendants were convicted at a third mass trial on charges of plotting and incitement, and sentenced to up to eight years inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 July, 2022.- The human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate dangerously, engulfing the country in a climate of fear and arbitrary rule, a UN expert warned today. Presenting her annual report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus, AnaïsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 28 June, 2022.- The UN Human Rights Office today published a report that, following rigorous assessment and statistical analysis of available data on civilian casualties, estimates that 306,887 civilians* were killed between 1 March 2011 and 31 March 2021 in Syria due to the conflict. This is the highestContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 28 June, 2022.- The UN Child Rights Committee today expressed deep concern over the information it has received about the use of violence against children by the Ecuadorian security forces during recent protests and strikes led by indigenous people. Soldiers and riot police fired tear gas and pellets atContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 June, 2022.-  The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons applauds the launch by the UN Secretary-General of his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. She issues the following statement: “I applaud the launch by UN Secretary-General António Guterres of his Action Agenda on InternalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 June, 2022.-  UN human rights experts* today denounced the decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade, a near half-century legal precedent that has protected women’s right to choose to have an abortion and called on President Joe Biden to take all necessary measuresContinuar Leyendo