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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 00:47 UTC

Tag: UNHRC

  • Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:35 UTC

    Bachelet urges Ecuador to follow UNHCHR roadmap to end prison massacres

    The former Chilean President also called for an “urgent” reform of the country's Judiciary

    The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso to take concrete measures to bring to an end the ongoing streak of prison massacres, following Monday's riot at a penitentiary which resulted in 44 inmates killed.

  • Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 21:40 UTC

    Czech Republic replaces Russia on UNHRC

    Russia left the council before its expulsion was confirmed, saying it was a tool of the west

    The United Nations General Assembly Tuesday decided by 157 votes to none to appoint the Czech Republic onto the UN Human Rights Council to fill the seat vacated by Russia's suspension on April 7 for alleged war crimes committed during the invasion of Ukraine.