Tag: human rights

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  EU parliament bans products linked to deforestation and violation of indigenous peoples' human rights

  

  European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests, and human rights violations. The bill was supported by 453 votes, to 57 with 123 abstentions. The EU Parliament will now start negotiations on the final text with EU member states.

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Austrian lawyer to succeed Bachelet as UNHCHR

  

  Austrian lawyer Volker Türk has been appointed to succeed former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Bachelet quits UN Human Rights post and returns to Chile

  

  Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Monday delivered a speech she said was her last as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  Calls for Bachelet's resignation from UN human rights agency pile up

  

  A leading scholar from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and other human rights watchdogs have called for the resignation of the former two-time president of Chile Michelle Bachelet her total lack of criticism of China's record on the issue.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  China needs no teachers telling it how to defend human rights, Xi says

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet met virtually Wednesday ahead of the former Chilean President's visit to areas mentioned in recent reports where an alleged “genocide” has been perpetrated.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Nearly 34,000 arrested under El Salvador's state of emergency

  

  Around 34,000 people have been placed under arrest thanks to the state of emergency in force in El Salvador since March 27, it was reported Monday as Congress is set to agree on yet another extension of the measure. Human rights organizations have warned of arbitrary arrests.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Latin American focus, support for Argentina's Falklands' claim and diplomacy to solve continental shelf disputes, Boric's agenda

  

  Chilean president Gabriel Boric in his recent visit to Argentina stated some of the basic pillars of the new administration's foreign policy, focused mainly on Latin America, human rights, support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands, and willingness to address border disputes its neighbor through diplomacy and patience.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:48 UTC

  Former Uruguayan president says criminals would celebrate LUC repeal

  

  Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti Friday said the National Human Rights Institution (INDDHH) was “helping criminals” by opposing certain provisions within the Law of Urgent Consideration that may end up repealed through a referendum later this month.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands Government reiterates the need to respect human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation

  

  On Tuesday the Falklands government in an official release reiterated the need for human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation to be respected, particularly self-determination.