{"id":226348,"date":"2019-12-10T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/?p=226348"},"modified":"2019-12-10T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T16:56:00","slug":"several-ngos-report-on-human-rights-violations-in-spain-to-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/en\/several-ngos-report-on-human-rights-violations-in-spain-to-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Several NGOs report on human rights violations in Spain to the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

The complaints are made within the framework of the pre-session of the Universal Periodic Review scrutinizing\u00a0 human rights that Spain will have to pass next January (Attached you’ll find a summary of the reports made by these NGO). Read a summary of the reports made by these NGO:\u00a0Summary – NGOs reports<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Geneva, 10th of December<\/em> – Coinciding with International Human Rights Day and the celebration of the pre-session organized by UPR-Info, NGOs throughout Spain have informed this Tuesday on the content of the reports submitted for the 35th session of the UPR Working Group in Geneva (Switzerland). In this session, the situation of Human Rights in Spain will be evaluated and recommendations will be issued for improvement.<\/p>\n

The signatory entities are\u00a0 taking this opportunity to denounce the increase\u00a0 in violations by the Spanish authorities of the fundamental rights of different groups\u00a0 as reflected by the increase in the number of reports presented to the United Nations by civil society. The United Nations Human Rights Council will make all contributions submitted available in preparation for the day of the evaluation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In these reports,\u00a0civil society exposes its concerns regarding human rights violations in each organization\u2019s area of expertise and proposes recommendations that the state could adopt to correct them.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that some of the topics to be discussed this year, such as those relating to the rights of expression and peaceful assembly, the Citizen Security Law, discrimination against\u00a0 autochthonous languages other than Spanish, the rights to Truth, Justice, and Reparation for the victims of heinous crimes committed during the Spanish War and the Franco\u2019s dictatorship, the rights of people with psychosocial disability, and\u00a0 the right of asylum, have already been covered in previous exams and will be brought up once again, for Spain keeps failing to implement the recommendations made in the framework of the previous reviews.<\/p>\n

The novelty is that it will be the first time that digital rights and the right to self-determination are to be discussed, as a result of the events that took place in Catalonia\u00a0 on and after October 1, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through this joint statement, many organizations\u00a0 are uniting their efforts to express their concerns and herewith request the permanent state missions convey the relevant recommendations\u00a0 for Spain to redirect this situation.<\/p>\n

* Associations that have made their contributions to send their voice to the Universal Periodic Review of Spain: ActivaMent Catalunya Associaci\u00f3, Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC), Asociaci\u00f3n Eskubideak, Associaci\u00f3 Catalana per a la Defensa dels Drets Humans (ACDDH), Associaci\u00f3 Catalana de Professionals (ACP), Associaci\u00f3 Clam per la Llibertat, Associaci\u00f3 Coordinadora de l\u2019Advocacia de Catalunya, Associaci\u00f3 Democr\u00e0cia i Just\u00edcia per Catalunya, Associaci\u00f3 de Juristes pels Drets Humans, Associaci\u00f3 de juristes pels Drets Humans del Maresme, Associaci\u00f3 Juristes de les Terres de l\u2019Ebre per les llibertats, Behatokia, CIEMEN,Col\u00b7lectiu Praga, Coppieters Foundation, Drets, ELEAK-Libre Mugimendua, Etxerat, European Association for Renewable Energies, European Language Equality Network (ELEN), Federaci\u00f3n Andaluza En Primera Persona, Freemuse, Fundaci\u00f3 Catalunya Fons per a la Defensa dels Drets dels catalans, Fundaci\u00f3 Congr\u00e9s de Cultura Catalana, Fundaci\u00f3n Galiza Sempre, Grup de Periodistes Ramon Barnils, Hierbabuena Asociaci\u00f3n para la Salud Mental, Humanity Wings, International Trial Watch (ITW), Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (IDHC), Language Rights, NOVACT, Observatori del Deute en la Globalitzaci\u00f3 (ODG), Observatorio Vasco de Derechos humanos, \u00d2mnium Cultural (OC), PEN Catal\u00e0, PEN International, Plataforma Defender a quien Defiende, Plataforma per la Llengua, Red Ciudadana SARE, Western Sahara Resource Watch and Xnet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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