Katherine La Puente
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Katherine La Puente
@katherinelapuente.bsky.social
Children’s rights senior coordinator / Coordinadora sénior de derechos de las niñas, niños y adolescentes @hrw. she/ella/elle
La mala noticia: en #UNEA7 la semana pasada, los gobiernos no lograron acordar sobre un tratado global de minerales, propuesto por el Ministerio de Ambiente de 🇨🇴. Lo➕: la necesidad de mejorar las normas mineras para proteger a las 👥 y al 🌍 no está descartada! 👇 elpais.com/planeta-futu...
¿Actuarán los gobiernos para abordar los abusos en la minería?
Con el aumento la demanda de minerales para la transición energética y la defensa, es fundamental que los gobiernos garanticen la protección de los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente en las cadenas ...
elpais.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Millones de zambianos 🇿🇲 enfrentan amenazas a su sustento y salud por un accidente minero. Estos desastres se pueden prevenir. En #UNEA7, los gobiernos no lograron acordar sobre un tratado global de minerales. ¡Pero la lucha para proteger a las 👥 y al 🌍 continúa! 👇 elpais.com/planeta-futu...
¿Actuarán los gobiernos para abordar los abusos en la minería?
Con el aumento la demanda de minerales para la transición energética y la defensa, es fundamental que los gobiernos garanticen la protección de los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente en las cadenas ...
elpais.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
Nuevo informe: La detención de un solicitante de asilo que asistió la final de la Copa Mundial de Clubes en julio de 2025 plantea serias preocupaciones sobre la seguridad de lxs inmigrantes que asistirán al Mundial de 2026 en EEUU www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
EE. UU.: Una detención de ICE en un evento de la FIFA expone los peligros del Mundial
La detención y devolución de un solicitante de asilo que llevó a sus hijos a la final del torneo de fútbol de la Copa Mundial de Clubes el 13 de julio de 2025 plantea serias preocupaciones sobre la se...
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
FIFA should call on US authorities not to target World Cup events for immigration enforcement, including through 287(g) arrangements.

Read more from HRW:
US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup
The arrest and return of an asylum seeker who took his children to the Club World Cup soccer tournament final on July 13, 2025, raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the 20...
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
Immigration and other authorities have dramatically scaled up the number of arrests and detentions since the beginning of the Trump admin.

From January 20 to October 15, ICE arrested at least 92,392 people in and around cities where World Cup games will be played.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
New from HRW: The arrest of an asylum seeker at the Club World Cup final in July 2025 raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the #WorldCup2026 in the United States next year.
US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup
The arrest and return of an asylum seeker who took his children to the Club World Cup soccer tournament final on July 13, 2025, raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the 20...
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today, the Partnership for a #LeadFreeFuture is hosting an event during #UNGA80 to discuss ending childhood lead exposure. @hrw.org has reported that in “sacrifice zones” like Kabwe, Zambia, and La Oroya, Peru, children have been exposed to extreme levels of toxic lead. Read more ⬇️
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
Whether they perform surgery, pick fruit or tobacco, teach children, play music, or pack meat, immigrants' hands deserve dignity: not human rights violations.
#ConEstasManos #WithTheseHands

HRW shares this video in solidarity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXq...
With These Hands / Intro
YouTube video by SEIU California
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July 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
Big win for #EnglishFootball 🏆

UK passed a historic law last week to set up an Independent ⚽ Regulator, with powers to tackle financial instability, safeguard heritage, and weed out rogue owners, including those responsible for #humanrights abuses #FairerFuture @hrw.org

www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
UK Acts to Protect Football from Rights Abusers
After years of promises from successive governments and parliamentary ping-pong, the United Kingdom parliament has finally delivered a game-changing reform to how football is governed in England and W...
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July 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
El Comité de los Derechos del Niño expresa su preocupación por las reformas al Código de la Niñez y la Adolescencia, aprobadas el mes pasado en la Ley de Integridad Pública, e insta a Ecuador que cumpla con sus obligaciones internacionales: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
July 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child published a statement expressing concern about reforms to #Ecuador's Child and Adolescent Code, approved last month by the National Assembly in its Public Integrity Law. Full statement 👇 ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
July 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reposted by Katherine La Puente
In armed conflict, violations against children have soared. The UN SG reports more than 41,000 violations -- 25% above last year. My new dispatch on the SG's devastating new report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Violations Soar Against Children in Armed Conflict
Last year was the most devastating year for children in armed conflict in two decades, according to the new annual report from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
www.hrw.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
To mark World Day Against Child Labor, read @hrw.org's latest dispatch on the steps FIFA needs to take to uphold its human rights obligations and minimize risks that migrant workers’ children will be driven into child labor: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
FIFA’s World Cup Ignores a Child Labor Nightmare
In March 2025, Muhammad Arshad, a Pakistani migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, fell to his death while working on the construction of Al Khobar’s Aramco Stadium, a 2034 FIFA World Cup and 2027 Asian Foot...
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June 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM