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Geneva, 7 July, 2022.- Haiti’s Cité Soleil is at risk of becoming a ‘sacrifice zone’ with its inhabitants facing extreme environmental injustices and an acute waste problem that threatens their health and safety, UN human rights experts* said today. “Inhabitants of Cité Soleil are exposed to toxic waters and fumesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva/Montevideo, 6 July, 2022.- The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will conduct an official visit to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay from 7 to 14 July 2022. The Working Group’s delegation, which visits Uruguay at the invitation of the Government, will travel to Montevideo and meet stateContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 July, 2022.- The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is characterised by a shallow commitment to racial justice and equality and fails to address systematic racism and xenophobia, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today. “Despite the 2030 Agenda’s promising rhetoric, itContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 July, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday. According to the Prosecutor General’s office, 18 people wereContinuar Leyendo

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