Derechos Humanos

GENEVA (16 July 2015) – Three United Nations human rights experts* today call on the Bahraini authorities to drop all charges the prominent Bahraini...

GENEVA (16 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Chaloka Beyani will carry out an official visit to the Philippines from 21 to 31...

(1) Turkey We are deeply concerned by recent attacks, discriminatory treatment and incitement to violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people...

Valencia, 14 de julio de 2015. Farmamundi y la ONG palestina Labour Resources Center (LRC) inician una nueva intervención de emergencia para aliviar la...

DUBAI, 13 July 2015 (IRIN) - The humanitarian and development communities have long been the “frenemies” of international aid. But with a growing strain...

LONDON, 13 July 2015 (IRIN) - For a long time, my password was based on the name of someone I’d never met.  Conveniently unguessable,...

ADDIS ABABA / GENEVA (15 July 2015) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, today urged...

Cruz Roja apoya a las familias con todos sus miembros en paro para ampliar sus oportunidades de encontrar un empleo   n En 2014,...

NAIROBI, 14 July 2015 (IRIN) - In a new column, Christopher Horwood, who has worked in humanitarian and development aid for over three decades...

GENEVA (14 July 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights today urged Governments across the world to ensure that...

"El futuro nos exige una visión más humana de la economía y una política que logre cada vez más y mejor la participación de...

El fotoperiodista de Baréin, Ahmed Humeidan, condenado a diez años de cárcel, ha sido apadrinado por la Asociación (AP-APAL) y el Colegio (CPPAA), de...

BAGHDAD/GENEVA (13 July 2015) – A UN report released Monday shows that the conflict in Iraq continues to take a terrible toll on civilians,...

OXFORD, 10 July 2015 (IRIN) - Nothing seems to be working to reduce the global refugee burden. Record levels of new displacement are far...

CAIRO, 10 July 2015 (IRIN) - Ever since Islamic State-affiliated militants tried to take the town of Sheikh Zuwayed in North Sinai last week,...

DUBAI, 10 July 2015 (IRIN) - Welcome to IRIN's reading list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share their top picks of...

Mientras Irán y las grandes potencias mundiales están a punto de completar sus negociaciones nucleares, denunciamos la ausencia del tema derechos humanos en los...

Paris-Geneva, July 10, 2015. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)...

GENEVA (10 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, welcomed yesterday’s release of two bloggers...

GINEBRA/DAMASCO, 10 julio 2015- La disminución de suministros de agua potable durante el verano abrasador está exponiendo a los niños a la amenaza de...

(1) Burundi We are increasingly concerned at the extremely tense situation in Burundi, from where more than 145,000 people have already fled to...

ABU DHABI, 9 July 2015 (IRIN) - As the so-called Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) has spread, part of its success...

NOUAKCHOTT, 9 July 2015 (IRIN) - Nearly 50,000 Malian refugees are at risk following the suspension of food aid to their camp in southeastern...

TUNIS / GENEVA (10 July 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries today warned that complex recruiting and travel...

Con 160 dólares EEUU más al año por cada persona que vive en la pobreza extrema, se acabaría con el hambre crónica, según un...

El conflicto interno colombiano contabiliza unos cincuenta años. Durante la mitad de ese tiempo, ha existido un festival dispuesto a desarmarlo. Comenzó como una...

Paris, 9 July 2015 - In light of the expected nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran, FIDH remains deeply troubled that the negotiations...

KAMPALA, 7 July 2015 (IRIN) - Actual combat may have ended almost a decade ago in northern Uganda, but for many women abducted by...

SANA'A, 7 July 2015 (IRIN) - For most, selling the family silver is a metaphor for bad planning. In Yemen, it is the desperate...

ERBIL/DUBAI, 7 July 2015 (IRIN) - A month after fleeing his home in Qaraqosh, the largest Christian town in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, to...