"INDEPENDENCE"

En parlant de la République Centre Africaine, le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, a dit, “Il est rare qu'un pays dont le bilan en matière de droits de l'homme est si alarmant soit à ce point oublié par le reste du monde.” UNTV CH

The United Nations top official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said, “the intensification” of the conflict in the Eastern DRC, “continues to inflict untold suffering on civilians and to worsen a humanitarian situation, which is increasingly catastrophic.” UNIFEED

La vocera del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Marta Hurtado, dijo que el estado de excepción en El Salvador, en vigor desde hace un año, ha permitido a las autoridades adoptar varias medidas que suscitan grave preocupación en materia de derechos humanos. ACNUDH

The Security Council failed to adopt a Russian-proposed draft resolution regarding the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. UNIFEED

The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed deep concern in its final report about the country’s deteriorating human rights situation. The human rights investigators said that there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array of war crimes, and crimes against humanity” in recent years. UNTV CH

The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, told the Security Council that the “status quo is unacceptable” and “the renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, including in the region, and the shared suffering of all Syrians in the aftermath of the earthquakes, create new obligations and opportunities.” UNIFEED

Systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations were committed in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath, finds the latest report of the UN Human Rights Office presented today at the Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel (COI OPTEJI) is currently holding a second series of public hearings from 20 to 24 March at the United Nations in Geneva as part of its mandate and its investigations. UNTV CH

The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, including possible crimes against humanity, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran said today to media at the United Nations in Geneva. UNTV CH

US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons, Jessica Stern, told reporters, “To achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.” UNIFEED