Geneva, 11 September, 2022.- The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Friday issued its country reviews on Bangladesh, China*, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic**, New Zealand and Singapore**, as well as a special report on the situation of people withContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 September, 2022.- Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed concern at the decision by Mexico’s Congress to give control of the National Guard to the Ministry of National Defence. On 9 September, the Senate approved a package of legislative reforms to transfer the operational,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 September, 2022.- Independent UN experts* said today that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the international community. They repeated a call for the Human Rights CouncilContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 Sept, 2022.- Sri Lanka’s new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urges today, calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations. The report acknowledges that Sri Lanka is at critical juncture inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 September, 2022.-UN experts* today denounced a recent court decision in Malaysia that denied women the same rights as men to automatically confer citizenship to their children, saying affected women are less likely to leave abusive relationships and their children risk statelessness. The decision contravenes Malaysia’s obligations under internationalContinuar Leyendo

Según la ONG «Hengaw», las mujeres fueron acusadas de promover la homosexualidad, la religión cristiana y de haber contactado con un medio opuesto al régimen iraní. Teherán, 05 de Septiembre de 2022.- Dos lesbianas y activistas LGBTI+ acusadas de «promover la homosexualidad» fueron condenadas a muerte en Irán, informó un grupoContinuar Leyendo

Santiago, 05 de Septiembre de 2022.- Consuelo Contreras Largo, consejera del INDH elegida por las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, resultó electa como Directora del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH) por el periodo 2022-2025. Esto, tras una votación realizada al interior del Consejo, donde la opción de Contreras seContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 5 de Septiembre de 2022.-  El Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de la ONU exhorta urgentemente a México a anular la prisión preventiva obligatoria, llamada también “prisión preventiva oficiosa” o “automática”, consagrada en la Constitución. “La prisión preventiva oficiosa es contraria las garantías internacionales de protección deContinuar Leyendo