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África lidera el proceso en favor de la abolición de la pena de muerte

Oct 11, 2024 | rebelion.org | Navi Pillay |Sylvie Kayitesi

Fuentes: El diario [Imagen: La actual bandera de la Unión Africana. Dominio público ] En este Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte elogiamos los avances en África para poner fin a esta práctica inhumana.
Israel obstructing access to Hamas attack victims: UN probe

Apr 16, 2024 | al-monitor.com | Navi Pillay

April 16, 2024— Geneva (AFP) Israel is preventing UN investigators from speaking to witnesses and victims of the October 7 Hamas attack, former UN rights chief Navi Pillay, who is chairing a three-person probe, said Tuesday. The unprecedented open-ended Commission of Inquiry was established by the UN Human Rights Council in May 2021 to investigate all alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Roosevelt House in "The Nation" — Will Human Rights Survive? - Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

Jan 2, 2024 | roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu | Navi Pillay

Will Human Rights Survive? Seventy-five years ago, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can we ensure its implementation today? To mark Human Rights Day, on December 6, Roosevelt House presented an extraordinary program honoring Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in drafting and passing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event featured a dialogue between the incomparable Meryl Streep (as Eleanor) and the much-respected former UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.
¿Sobrevivirán los derechos humanos? | La Nación

Dec 29, 2023 | espanol.news | Navi Pillay

Hace setenta y cinco años, la ONU adoptó la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos. ¿Podemos garantizar su implementación hoy? Política publicitariaPara conmemorar el Día de los Derechos Humanos, el 6 de diciembre, Roosevelt House presentó un programa extraordinario en honor al papel de Eleanor Roosevelt en la redacción y aprobación de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos.
Will Human Rights Survive?

Dec 28, 2023 | thenation.com | Navi Pillay

Seventy-five years ago, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can we ensure its implementation today? Ad PolicyTo mark Human Rights Day, on December 6, Roosevelt House presented an extraordinary program honoring Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in drafting and passing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event featured a dialogue between the incomparable Meryl Streep (as Eleanor) and the much-respected former UN high commissioner for human eights Navi Pillay.
Week Ending Oct. 13

Oct 13, 2023 | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas |Banjo Damilola |Joseph Chamie |Navi Pillay |Marta Santos Pais

Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news emanating from the organization as well as promote our own articles that you may have missed in the last seven days. Since Saturday, Oct. 7, the murder spree by the Hamas militant group in Israel that continues today, as well as the retaliation by Israeli defense forces in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Hamas, has led the United Nations spokesperson's daily briefings. On Oct.
Imposing the Death Penalty on Children Runs the Risk of Killing an Innocent

Oct 8, 2023 | passblue.com | Navi Pillay |Marta Santos Pais |Banjo Damilola |Joseph Chamie

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lies at the heart of global efforts to end the death penalty. So as its 75th anniversary approaches on Dec. 10 and as we mark the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty, on Oct. 10, we welcome the steady progress to ban such measures by countries across the globe. When the human rights declaration was adopted in late 1948, only 14 countries had abolished capital punishment.
UN Sends Mixed Signals on Niger, Which Is Unlikely to Speak at the General Assembly

Sep 21, 2023 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach |Banjo Damilola |Alan Doss |Navi Pillay |Marta Santos Pais |Joseph Chamie

The United Nations Secretariat has received requests from both the ousted government of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held hostage in Niger's capital Niamey by the country's military since it staged a coup d'état on July 26, 2023, and from the coup-led regime of Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, to allow their respective representatives to speak at the world leaders' annual gathering of the UN General Assembly. It ends on Sept. 26.