UN rights expert urges Brazil to address prison overcrowding and implement...
BRASILIA (14 August 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Juan E. Méndez today called on the Brazilian federal and state authorities to urgently...
UN human rights experts call on Iran to release journalist Jason...
GENEVA (14 August 2015) – United Nations human rights experts today urged the Iranian Government to immediately release the Washington Post’s correspondent in Tehran,...
Sudáfrica: Deben suspender de sus funciones a los responsables de las...
Todos los miembros del Servicio de Policía de Sudáfrica (SAPS) implicados en las muertes de Marikana y su posterior encubrimiento deben ser suspendidos inmediatamente...
China: UN human rights expert calls for greater transparency in the...
GENEVA (19 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, today called on the...
Yemen spiraling into major food crisis – UN expert warns against...
GENEVA (11 August 2015) – As Yemen plunges deeper into conflict, the country is now in the midst of a major food crisis, the...
UN rights expert urges Brazil not to evict Guarani and Kaiowá...
GENEVA (11 August 2015) – United Nations independent expert Victoria Tauli-Corpuz has urged the Government of Brazil “to ensure that the human rights of...
Myanmar: “Critical and independent voices are vital partners not threats” –...
GENEVA (11 August 2015) – As Myanmar looks ahead to the upcoming elections in November – a milestone in the country’s transition to democracy...
Tajikistan’s water reform, a key chance to prioritize safe drinking water...
DUSHANBE / GENEVA (12 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller,...
Internal displacement / Indigenous peoples: UN expert appalled at distortion of...
MANILA / GENEVA (13 August 2015) – In a statement of clarification, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced...
UN must address systematic accountability failure for peacekeeper abuses
The UN must review the oversight of its peacekeeping operations, Amnesty International said ahead of today’s Security Council meeting called to discuss allegations of...
11-year-old rape survivor gives birth as Paraguay upholds draconian anti-abortion law
Reports that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was repeatedly raped, allegedly by her step father, gave birth today are a tragic...
Andalucía Acoge, SOS Racismo, Prodein y APDH-A recurren el archivo del...
Andalucía, 14 de agosto, 2015
Las organizaciones sociales Andalucía Acoge, SOS Racismo, Prodein Melilla y APDH-A han recurrido hoy la decisión del Juzgado...
End of mission statement of the UN Special Committee to Investigate...
GENEVA / AMMAN (10 August 2015) – The UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and...
Mauritanie: Un expert des droits de l’homme exhorte le Parlement à...
La version anglaise se trouve ci-dessous English version, see below GENEVE (10 août 2015) – Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur...
Bangladesh: UN experts condemn killing of blogger Niloy Neel, a strong...
GENEVA (7 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression, David Kaye, and on extrajudicial executions, Christof Heyns, have condemned...
Burundi : Un expert de l’ONU demande la protection de tous...
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GENÈVE (7 août 2015) - Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies...
Gaza: Investigación innovadora apunta a crímenes de guerra israelíes en Rafá...
Las fuerzas israelíes mataron al menos a 135 civiles palestinos, entre ellos 75 niños, tras la captura de un soldado israelí
Amnistía Internacional y...
Día de los Pueblos Indígenas: un informe expone “el lado oscuro...
Con motivo del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas que se celebra el próximo 9 de agosto, Survival International, el movimiento global por los derechos...
“Indigenous Peoples’ participation is key to the advancement of their human...
For International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Sunday 9 August 2015 GENEVA (9 August 2015) – Message by the Expert Mechanism...
UN expert calls for an immediate moratorium after Iran hands down...
GENEVA (5 August 2015) –The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, today urged the Iranian authorities...
Death sentence on alternative health practitioner highlights alarming use of capital...
GENEVA (5 August 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed alarm at the imposition of the death...
UN child rights committee and UN Special Representative on Violence against...
GENEVA/NEW YORK (5 August 2015) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence...
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties remain at record high levels in first half...
KABUL/GENEVA (5 August 2015) – The Afghan conflict continued to exact a heavy toll on civilians in the first six months of 2015, with...
Dataviz: The civilians killed targeting ISIS
ISTANBUL, 3 August 2015 (IRIN) - The US-led bombing campaign against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has killed hundreds of civilians in Iraq and...
Tajikistan: Comment by the UN Human Rights Office
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Subject: Tajikistan We are concerned that the amendments...
Libia: Los secuestros constantes de los grupos armados deben terminar
Los secuestros constantes han pasado a formar parte de la vida cotidiana en Libia, ha afirmado Amnistía Internacional al presentar el folleto de campaña...
The Philippines: UN expert urges no let-up in attention to internally...
GENEVA (3 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, has urged the Government...
SIRIA | Continúan desaparecidos en Siria los periodistas españoles Antonio Pampliega,...
Tres periodistas españoles, Antonio Pampliega, Ángel Sastre y José Manuel López, llevan desaparecidos en Siria desde el 13 de julio, según han confirmado sus...
As EU officials visit Tehran, juvenile offenders are facing execution
European diplomats flocking to Iran, including German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, have chosen to...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture to visit Brazil
GENEVA (30 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez will visit Brazil from 3 to 14 August 2015 to identify and...
