Un reportaje de Juan Vélez Rojas
Durante varias décadas, Colombia ha sido un país peligroso para que las personas defensoras de derechos humanos realicen su crítica labor. A pesar de las medidas del Gobierno para protegerlos y la firma del Acuerdo de Paz de 2016, esta situación no ha cambiado.
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) and the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish,” in cooperation with the National Centre for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan, are holding an International Public Discussion on monitoring and coordination of implementation of the UN human rights treaties in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is a party to most of the principal human rights treaties, but the UN Committees that review compliance of States with obligations those treaties have identified a number of shortcomings in the country’s implementation and have recommended what needs to be done ensure better compliance.
Santiago A. Canton, a distinguished Argentine jurist with decades long experience of fighting for the advancement of human rights and the rule of law, has taken up the post of Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) beginning 1 March 2023.
Santiago A. Canton, éminent juriste argentin qui a lutté pendant des années pour la promotion des droits de l’homme et l’état de droit, occupera le poste de Secrétaire Général de la Commission Internationale de Juristes (CIJ) à partir du 1er mars 2023.
Today, the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International, the Global Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and Human Rights Watch published a joint public statement calling for a strengthening of human rights elements in the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body’s Zero Draft of a Pandemic Treaty. The organizations are concerned that without such revisions, the Treaty aimed at addressing a compelling public health and human rights challenge, will not be fit for purpose in the protection human rights.
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