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Geneva, 16 May, 2022.- UN human rights experts urgently called on Israel and the international community to stop the forced evictions, arbitrary displacement and forcible transfer of Palestinian communities from Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. “Following the judgement of the Israeli High Court of Justice earlier this month,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 May, 2022.-  The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday published findings on Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay, the six State parties it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, InhumanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 May, 2022.- UN human rights experts* condemn the killing of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in the occupied West Bank and call for a prompt, transparent, thorough and independent investigation into her death. The experts said Abu Akleh’s killing was a continuation of the high rate ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 May, 2022.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is concerned about the prolonged pre-trial detention, overcrowding and deplorable living conditions in places of deprivation of liberty that it observed during its second visit to Lebanon. «Twelve years have passed but most of the recommendations from ourContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 May, 2022.-  UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Singapore to immediately impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and said its continued use of capital punishment for drug-related crimes ran contrary to international law. The experts condemned the execution in SingaporeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 May, 2022.-  The destructive actions of Lebanon’s political and financial leaders are responsible for forcing most of the country’s population into poverty, in violation of international human rights law, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, said in a report published today.Continuar Leyendo

Luanda, 10 May, 2022.- “I welcome the commitment made by the government of Angola to actively engage with the international human rights system and to eliminate leprosy-related discrimination, but the authorities should double its efforts to achieve this goal”, says the UN expert, at the end of her official visitContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 May, 2022.- The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 127th session from 9 to 13 May 2022 to examine 201 cases in 21 countries. The five independent experts will hold meetings with relatives of forcibly disappeared people, State representatives, civil society groups andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 May, 2022.- The UN Conciliation Commission on State of Palestine vs. Israel, which will offer its good offices to the parties with a view to resolving the dispute over allegations of racial discrimination amicably, held its first in-person meeting on 4 and 5 May in Geneva. The ConciliationContinuar Leyendo