Washington, March 12, 2023.- March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme, «Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,» acknowledges the pioneering women, past and present, as important contributors to the achievements of the military services and civilian workforce, stated Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., under secretary of defense for personnel andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 March, 2023.- The recruitment of prisoners serving sentences in Russian correctional facilities for the private military and security contractor known as the “Wagner Group” was alarming, UN experts* said today. “We are deeply disturbed by reports of visits by members of the so-called Wagner Group to correctional facilitiesContinuar Leyendo

Santo Domingo/Geneva, 10 March, 2023.- The Dominican Republic has made considerable progress toward the human rights of older persons, a UN expert said today, urging authorities to take appropriate steps to include older persons in the most vulnerable situations in public policies. Claudia Mahler, UN Independent Expert on the enjoymentContinuar Leyendo

Familiares de 66 personas detenidas en la remota zona del Bajo Lempa, denunciaron al Estado salvadoreño ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) por la «violación sistemática» de sus derechos. Washington, 10 de Marzo de 2023.- Abraham Ábrego, director de Litigio Estratégico de la organización Cristosal, informó en una conferenciaContinuar Leyendo