OHCHR / EL SALVADOR
05-Apr-2022
00:01:42
Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office Liz Throssell, said, “we are deeply concerned by the series of measures recently introduced in El Salvador in response to the rise in gang killings.” UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / EL SALVADOR
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 APRIL 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 APRIL 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot entrance of Palais des Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“We are deeply concerned by the series of measures recently introduced in El Salvador in response to the rise in gang killings.”
4. Med shot, participant and screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“More than 5,747 people have been detained without an arrest warrant, and some have reportedly been subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
6. Med shot, participant and screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR): “
“In addition to the state of emergency, we are deeply concerned about certain amendments to criminal law and criminal procedure. These raise serious concerns from the perspective of international human rights law and standards, through their imposition of elevated sentences, including with respect to children, in combination with weakening of due process guarantees.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“Criminal trials can now be held in absentia, in the case of alleged gang members, or presided over by so-called ‘faceless’ judges, and that is, judges whose identity remains confidential, while the previous two-year limit to pre-trial detention has been eliminated.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“Teenagers associated with gangs who are found guilty of serious offences may now be sentenced as adults and serve their sentence in adult rather than juvenile detention. Those aged 12 to 16 must now serve 10-year terms of imprisonment instead of seven years; and those aged 16 to 18 years must serve 20-year terms.”
12. Med shot, podium
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“We are deeply concerned by the series of measures recently introduced in El Salvador in response to the rise in gang killings.”
4. Med shot, participant and screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“More than 5,747 people have been detained without an arrest warrant, and some have reportedly been subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
6. Med shot, participant and screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR): “
“In addition to the state of emergency, we are deeply concerned about certain amendments to criminal law and criminal procedure. These raise serious concerns from the perspective of international human rights law and standards, through their imposition of elevated sentences, including with respect to children, in combination with weakening of due process guarantees.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“Criminal trials can now be held in absentia, in the case of alleged gang members, or presided over by so-called ‘faceless’ judges, and that is, judges whose identity remains confidential, while the previous two-year limit to pre-trial detention has been eliminated.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“Teenagers associated with gangs who are found guilty of serious offences may now be sentenced as adults and serve their sentence in adult rather than juvenile detention. Those aged 12 to 16 must now serve 10-year terms of imprisonment instead of seven years; and those aged 16 to 18 years must serve 20-year terms.”
12. Med shot, podium
STORYLINE
Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office Liz Throssell, said, “we are deeply concerned by the series of measures recently introduced in El Salvador in response to the rise in gang killings.”
Since the state of emergency adopted on 27 March, police and military forces have been deployed to gang stronghold areas and reportedly resorted to unnecessary and excessive use of force.
The UN Human rights spokesperson told reporters toay (05 Apr), “more than 5,747 people have been detained without an arrest warrant, and some have reportedly been subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
“In addition to the state of emergency, we are deeply concerned about certain amendments to criminal law and criminal procedure. These raise serious concerns from the perspective of international human rights law and standards, through their imposition of elevated sentences, including with respect to children, in combination with weakening of due process guarantees,” Throssell added.
The Spokesperson also said, “criminal trials can now be held in absentia, in the case of alleged gang members, or presided over by so-called ‘faceless’ judges, and that is, judges whose identity remains confidential, while the previous two-year limit to pre-trial detention has been eliminated,”
She added, “teenagers associated with gangs who are found guilty of serious offences may now be sentenced as adults and serve their sentence in adult rather than juvenile detention. Those aged 12 to 16 must now serve 10-year terms of imprisonment instead of seven years; and those aged 16 to 18 years must serve 20-year terms.”
OHCHR recognises the challenges posed by gang violence in El Salvador and the State’s duty to ensure security and justice. However, it is imperative that this is done in compliance with international human rights law.
The spokesperson Liz Throssell reminded El Salvador that the right to life, the right not to be subjected to torture, principles of fair trial and the presumption of innocence, as well as the procedural safeguards that protect these rights, apply at all times, even during states of emergency, especially so with regard to children.
Since the state of emergency adopted on 27 March, police and military forces have been deployed to gang stronghold areas and reportedly resorted to unnecessary and excessive use of force.
The UN Human rights spokesperson told reporters toay (05 Apr), “more than 5,747 people have been detained without an arrest warrant, and some have reportedly been subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
“In addition to the state of emergency, we are deeply concerned about certain amendments to criminal law and criminal procedure. These raise serious concerns from the perspective of international human rights law and standards, through their imposition of elevated sentences, including with respect to children, in combination with weakening of due process guarantees,” Throssell added.
The Spokesperson also said, “criminal trials can now be held in absentia, in the case of alleged gang members, or presided over by so-called ‘faceless’ judges, and that is, judges whose identity remains confidential, while the previous two-year limit to pre-trial detention has been eliminated,”
She added, “teenagers associated with gangs who are found guilty of serious offences may now be sentenced as adults and serve their sentence in adult rather than juvenile detention. Those aged 12 to 16 must now serve 10-year terms of imprisonment instead of seven years; and those aged 16 to 18 years must serve 20-year terms.”
OHCHR recognises the challenges posed by gang violence in El Salvador and the State’s duty to ensure security and justice. However, it is imperative that this is done in compliance with international human rights law.
The spokesperson Liz Throssell reminded El Salvador that the right to life, the right not to be subjected to torture, principles of fair trial and the presumption of innocence, as well as the procedural safeguards that protect these rights, apply at all times, even during states of emergency, especially so with regard to children.
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