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Geneva, 10 June, 2022.- Ahead of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a group of UN experts* today urged the Government of China to cooperate fully with the UN human rights system and grant unhindered access to independent experts who have received and addressed allegations of significant humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 June, 2022.- The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has issued its findings on Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Greece, Iceland, Kiribati, Somalia and Zambia, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the ConventionContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 June, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today condemned the Myanmar military junta’s attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar by imposing further restrictions on the access to internet, internet shutdowns, online censorship, surveillance and other barriers to internet access. “The international community must not stand quietly byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 June, 2022.- The environmental devastation caused by conflicts around the world is exacerbating the disastrous human rights consequences for people, including their right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and will do so for years to come, David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 June, 2022.-UN human rights experts* have expressed serious concerns about the continued use of excessive force by the Sudanese authorities against peaceful protesters, and called for those responsible to be held to account and justice to be served. Three years after the 3 June 2019 crackdown on peacefulContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 June, 2022.-  UN human rights experts* today urged Israel to stop the eviction and demolition of a Bedouin village in Israel that will forcibly displace hundreds of residents in a bid to expand Jewish-only settlements. “Thousands of Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the Naqab are facing threatsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 31 May, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Saudi Arabia to immediately release Abdullah al-Howaiti and quash the death penalty against him for crimes he allegedly committed as a child. Al-Howaiti was arrested in May 2017, when he was only 14 years old, accusedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 May, 2022.- A group of UN human rights experts* have welcomed the adoption of the Durban Call to Action on the Elimination of Child Labor on 20 May 2022 by representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies, civil society and regional organizations attending the 5th GlobalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 May, 2022.-  Five decades after the world’s first conference to make the environment a major issue, UN human rights experts call on States to redouble efforts to protect the imperilled planet for current and future generations amid unprecedented challenges. “Some communities suffer from environmental injustices where the exposureContinuar Leyendo

Kabul, 26 May, 2022.- The newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said today the country faced serious human rights challenges, and urged the de facto authorities to take the path that brings stability and freedom to all Afghans, especially women. At theContinuar Leyendo