Berlín, 25 October, 2024.- Germany has done significant work towards prevention and protection of children from sale, sexual abuse and exploitation, a UN expert said today, urging the country to adopt a national child protection strategy with an oversight mechanism to ensure consistency and harmony of approaches and implementation acrossContinuar Leyendo

«Tomamos esta dura decisión basados en la difícil situación climática», declaró el gobierno. «Toda Sudamérica enfrenta una sequía sin precedentes y Ecuador no es la excepción», agregó. Quito, 25 de Octubre de 2024.- Ecuador incrementará los cortes de electricidad de ocho a 14 horas al día a partir de este viernesContinuar Leyendo

New York, 24 October, 2024.- The right to participate in sports is a cultural right, a UN expert said today, urging States to take immediate action to remove stereotypes and ensure non-discrimination in sports participation. “It is imperative that a cultural rights approach is used to discuss the bias inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 October, 2024.- Women must have an equal say, on par with men, in all decision-making systems, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) told States parties today. In its comprehensive guidance, officially known as General Recommendation 40 (GR40), the Committee made it clear thatContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 October, 2024.- Israel’s multiple bombings of a financial institution in Lebanon were illegal attacks on civilian objects under international humanitarian law, an independent human rights expert said today. “International humanitarian law does not permit attacks on the economic or financial infrastructure of an adversary, even if they indirectlyContinuar Leyendo

Los anteriores comicios fueron considerados un fraude y provocaron masivas protestas contra la victoria de Lukanshenko, que gobierna Bielorrusia duramente desde hace 30 años. Las protestas fueron duramente reprimidas. Minsk, 23 de Octubre de 2024.- Bielorrusia, gobernada con mano de hierro desde 1994 por Alexander Lukashenko, uno de los principales aliadosContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 October, 2024.- The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Bernard Duhaime, said that transitional justice processes must effectively address contemporary challenges such as transnational violence, human rights violations committed on a mass scale and negationism. “Mass human rights violations arising outContinuar Leyendo

El Secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos se encuentra de visita en Kiev, donde se reunió con el presidente ucraniano. Kiev, 21 de Octubre de 2024.- El secretario de Defensa estadounidense, Lloyd Austin, llegó este lunes a Kiev para reunirse con las autoridades ucranianas, según anunció en redes sociales. «Estoy deContinuar Leyendo