"JUSTICE"

A spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recognised “the complex challenge El Salvador faces in tackling criminality,” but stressed that “weakening the rule of law and the integrity of the legal system by derogating from fair trial rights is not the answer.” UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights Office has “growing concerns that the authorities in Nicaragua are actively silencing any critical or dissenting voices in the country and are using the justice system to this end,” spokesperson Marta Hurtado said. UNTV CH

The Secretary-General takes note of the appeal judgement in the case against Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović and extends his thoughts to the victims, and survivors and their families who have suffered from the crimes for which both defendants have been found guilty, a UN Spokesperson said. The judgement marks the conclusion of the last case relating to core crimes that the Mechanism inherited from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. UNIFEED

The second Permanent Forum on People of African Descent started Tuesday in New York. The theme of the session is "Realizing the dream: A United Nations Declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent". UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson said Fulgence Kayishema’s apprehension "sends a powerful message that those who are alleged to have committed such crimes cannot evade justice and will eventually be held accountable, even more than a quarter of a century later.” UNIFEED

As South Sudan grapples with multiple challenges, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, urged political leaders to galvanize momentum in peace processes so that free, fair, and credible elections can be held on time. UNMISS

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.