judicial rights

Human Rights Committee member José Manuel Santos Pais speaks out on the case of Former Judge Baltasar Garzón of the Spanish National Court. (file)
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News in Brief 26 August 2021

26 August 2021
News in Brief
  • Trials of former prominent Spanish judge ‘arbitrary’ - UN Committee
  • Coming months critical for future pandemic preparedness: WHO chief
  • ‘Serious concern’ over Malawi’s decision to reinstate the death penalty 
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A gavel in a courtroom.

Trials of former Spanish judge lack independence, impartiality: landmark case

26 August 2021
Human Rights

The UN Human Rights Committee concluded on Thursday that the trials of a former Spanish judge in two major political cases were arbitrary and did not comply with the principles of judicial independence and impartiality.

Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg, at a demonstration calling for global action to combat climate change in New York in September 2019.
© UNICEF/Radhika Chalasani

News in Brief 19 April 2021

19 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Judicial independence weakened and under threat in Guatemala: rights expert
  • UK’s racism and ethnic difference report ‘could fuel discrimation’
  • Greta Thunberg joins forces with UN for COVID-19 busting scheme
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Chitra Massey (centre).
UNIC Canberra

UN Gender Focus: refugees, human trafficking and judicial rights

6 October 2016
UN Gender Focus

Detainees on Pacific island “completely without hope”

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