NEW YORK (21 October 2020) – Countries must consider human rights when privatising their water and sanitation services, a UN human rights expert said in a report delivered to the UN General Assembly...
NEW YORK (21 October 2020) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, having no home, lacking access to water and sanitation, or living in overcrowded housing, has regrettably become like a ‘death sentence,’...
GINEBRA (19 de octubre de 2020) - Una experta en derechos humanos de la ONU acogió con beneplácito la decisión de México de enviar al Senado para su ratificación el innovador tratado regional sobre...
GENEVA (19 October 2020) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed Mexico’s decision to send to the Senate for ratification the ground-breaking regional environmental treaty known as the Escazú...
NEW YORK (16 October 2020) – Unilateral sanctions impede the humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and must end immediately, a UN human rights expert said today. “The COVID-19 pandemic is...
28 organizaciones de América Latina y el Caribe hicieron un llamado a empoderar a las mujeres para combatir el alza de la pobreza y el hambre debido al COVID19. Santiago de Chile, 15 de octubre de...
NEW YORK (15 October 2020) – A UN human rights expert today criticized the misuse of terrorism laws by some States, saying the inappropriate use of such measures in the context of complex and violent...
GENÈVE (12 octobre 2020) - Les experts des droits de l'homme de l'ONU* ont demandé aujourd'hui au Cameroun de libérer le principal dirigeant d'opposition et les autres individus arrêtées lors de...
GENEVA (12 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* today demanded that Cameroon release the main opposition leader and others arrested during country-wide peaceful demonstrations, and stop...
This year has seen devastation by a pandemic affecting an entire generation, said Mama Fatima Singhateh, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children as she presented her...