UN: States must respect Genocide Convention to avoid further losses in Gaza

UN: States must respect Genocide Convention to avoid further losses in Gaza

Approximate reading time: 2 minutes, 7 seconds Israel has destroyed Gaza during five months of military operations, said the Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese. “The heartbreaking death toll, the irreparable damage caused to those who survive, the systematic destruction of every aspect necessary to sustain life in Gaza – from hospitals … Read more

Colombia: UN expert calls for implementing the Peace Agreement as a State policy

Colombia: UN expert calls for implementing the Peace Agreement as a State policy

Approximate reading time: 2 minutes, 22 seconds The UN International Human Rights Expert Antonia Urrejola called on the Colombian State to implement the 2016 Peace Agreement as a State policy and ensure that all dialogue processes with non-state armed groups have a human rights approach focused on the victims. In his report requested by the … Read more

UN: Transboundary waters must be managed as ecosystems, not economic resources

UN: Transboundary waters must be managed as ecosystems, not economic resources

Approximate reading time: 1 minute, 56 seconds Transboundary waters, those shared by two or more countries, must be managed as living ecosystems, not simply as economic resources, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, during the Human Rights Council. On the eve of World Water … Read more

Mapuche Political Prisoners denounce repression and demand respect for their rights

Mapuche Political Prisoners denounce repression and demand respect for their rights

Approximate reading time: 3 minutes, 9 seconds In a statement addressed to the Mapuche Nation People and to public opinion in general, the Mapuche Political Prisoners – CAM held in the high security prison CP Biobío, have made public a series of complaints against the government of Gabriel Boric, the Public Ministry and the courts … Read more

UN: human rights violations against the Mapuche People will be examined in the Human Rights Committee

UN: human rights violations against the Mapuche People will be examined in the Human Rights Committee

Approximate reading time: 2 minutes, 39 seconds In a few weeks the 140th session of the Human Rights Committee before the United Nations will take place. During this session, Chile will be part of the countries examined. If the State will have its reports about its “work” done in recent years, there are several organizations … Read more

Wallmapu resists: between political prison and increases in sentences during the Boric government

Wallmapu resists: between political prison and increases in sentences during the Boric government

Approximate reading time: 5 minutes, 36 seconds On January 8, 2021, Paola Dragnic, a TeleSur journalist, commented with these words on the day of the sentencing of the Carbineros who murdered Camilo Catrillanca, from the Temucuicui Community: “He is now 7 years old. They killed her father when she was 5. He is growing up … Read more

Wallmapu resists: between political prison and increases in sentences during the Boric government

Wallmapu resists: between political prison and increases in sentences during the Boric government

Approximate reading time: 5 minutes, 36 seconds On January 8, 2021, Paola Dragnic, a TeleSur journalist, commented with these words on the day of the sentencing of the Carbineros who murdered Camilo Catrillanca, from the Temucuicui Community: “He is now 7 years old. They killed her father when she was 5. He is growing up … Read more

Alto Maipo: a project with a million-dollar impact against the environment

Alto Maipo: a project with a million-dollar impact against the environment

Approximate reading time: 3 minutes, 55 seconds The Alto Maipo project, initiated by the American company AES Gener SA and the Austrian construction company Strabag, is located in the upper basin of the Maipo River, in the commune of San José de Maipo. According to the Chilean government, “the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project is part … Read more