Derechos Humanos

GENEVA (26 AUGUST 2013) - The alleged  chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus, that reportedly killed more than 300...

GENEVA (26 August 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention* is meeting this week in Geneva to lay the foundations for...

La Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales  y Bisexuales anima  a la participación  en la Movilización Global que se va a celebrar con motivo...

GENEVA (August 2013) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that...

GENEVA (23 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today urged the United States Government to abolish the...

GINEBRA/NUEVA YORK, 23 de agosto de 2013 – Cuando la guerra en Siria entra ya en su tercer año, el número de niños y...

NAIROBI, 15 August 2013 (IRIN) - The UN estimates that the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region has seen some 300,000 people displaced so far...

CAIRO, August 2013 (IRIN) - The killing and bloodshed was already well under way when Salma Bahgat, a Red Crescent volunteer, arrived at Rabaa...

AL MAZRAQ,  August 2013 (IRIN) - A giant sun-bleached banner plastered to an abandoned warehouse in Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah Governorate welcomes visitors to “al-Mazraq...

Statement of Mr Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee "My expectation of Europe on the question of Egypt is that...

www.festivallgtbandalucia.blogspot.com - BIENVENIDOS A CÓRDOBA… El Festival LGTB Andalucía, es la Gala Festiva Anual con mayor concentración de público andaluz realizada...

Más de 528.000 personas, sirias y refugiadas de Palestina, se beneficiarán de los servicios de diagnóstico y seguimiento médico  • La aportación de 100.000...

Todos los gobiernos deben suspender las transferencias de armas del tipo de las utilizadas por las fuerzas de seguridad egipciaspara disolver acampadas y otras...

GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has appealed to all sides in Egypt to step back from the brink of...

HIGHLIGHTS “Decommissioning body" to determine future of MILF weapons Inventory of MILF weaponry needed Liberal gun ownership could impede disarmament MILF would rather take...

Tiene que llevarse a cabo una investigación completa e imparcial sobre la violencia ejercida esta semana para dispersar las acampadas de protesta de El...

Las fuerzas de seguridad deben adoptar medidas urgentes para evitar más derramamientos de sangre, ha declarado Amnistía Internacional mientras se dispersaba hoy en El...

The Greek authorities must act immediately to curb the growing spate of xenophobic and racist attacks Amnesty International said today. It follows a brutal...

GENEVA (August 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* expressed deep concern at the alleged ongoing judicial harassment, intimidation and...

What began as a northern Tuareg rebel uprising was soon hijacked by better-armed and wealthier Islamist groups who for 10 months controlled Mali's north. ...

We are concerned about the recent arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, a prominent human rights defender in Bangladesh and urge the Government of Bangladesh...

HIGHLIGHTS Criminal groups have benefited from globalization Overlap of UN peace operations and crime-affected regions Organized crime can corrupt governments Difficult for UNPOL to...

La Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) manifiesta que en pleno verano, con total alevosía, el Gobierno, la Patronal, la Unión Europea, el Fondo Monetario...

La Federación Estatal de lesbianas, gais, transexuales  y bisexuales expresa su alarma y repudio ante la grave situación que viven lesbianas, gais, transexuales y...

Three United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed serious concern at the passing of the Public Order Management Bill in Uganda, which prohibits...

We are dismayed by the resumption of the death penalty by Viet Nam, with the execution of a 27-year-old man by lethal injection in...

* Photos show city neighbourhoods before, after bombardment * Residential areas flattened, historic sites destroyed * Foreign powers failing to halt violence, arming both...

HIGHLIGHTS Access permission problems hamper medical aid delivery Many medicines no longer available Medical kits dismantled at checkpoints Some medical supplies arriving via Turkish...

Seis defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos visitarán del 2 al 12 de octubre de 2013 diferentes municipios del Área Metropolitana de Barcelona y...

For International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Friday 9 August GENEVA (9 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...