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Geneva, 25 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today called on the transitional authorities in Guinea to ensure all eligible voters, candidates, and political parties can meaningfully participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December. The High Commissioner spoke in the aftermath of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Wednesday that the new Joint Framework between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland is an important and positive step towards addressing key human rights impactsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 September, 2025.- There is an alarming escalation in repression targeting human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, political opponents and anti-war activists and others who express dissent in the Russian Federation, a UN expert said today, warning that the targeting is not incidental but coordinated and central to State policy.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Wednesday that the first convictions handed down by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP), the transitional justice tribunal established by the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement, are a “crucial milestone on the path to accountability”. “After decadesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 September, 2025.- The conflict-driven crisis in Sudan intensified in the first half of the year, a report by the UN Human Rights Office shows, citing a significant rise in civilian killings, including summary executions, amid growing ethnic violence and a worsening humanitarian situation. Between 1 January and 30Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 September, 2025.- Two UN experts* today welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen on the model lists of essential medicines. “The decision to restore sunscreen on the WHO’s national essential medicines lists is an important development in the long struggle to draw attention to, andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 September, 2025.- The Israeli offensive to seize control of Gaza city will be catastrophic for the civilian population of the besieged strip, with aggravated consequences and compounded suffering for persons with disabilities, UN experts* warned today. “People with disabilities in Gaza are totally exhausted and traumatised. They faceContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 September, 2025.- A UN expert today called for rights-based energy and water systems, to avoid the commodification of water and going beyond traditional market-based energy systems. During the presentation of his report “Water and Energy Nexus”, at the UN Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 September, 2025.-  The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, today warned that deepening global inequalities threaten peace, development, and human rights. “Structural inequities remain embedded in the global economic order,” Katrougalos told the UN Human Rights Council. “Historical legacies andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 September, 2025.- Without substantive gender equality, women and girls, comprising about half of the world’s population, cannot realise their right to development, a UN expert warned today. “Gender equality is a cross-cutting foundational human right that must not fluctuate with changes in the political climate,” said Surya Deva,Continuar Leyendo