GENEVA, 16 June 2009 (HRW) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should reject the Sudanese government’s request to terminate the mandate of the special rapporteur on human rights in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the council members today.
The special rapporteur, Sima Samar, will on June 16 deliver her latest report to the council, the UN’s leading human
rights body, in which she documents a range of serious human rights issues facing the whole country. Despite her conclusion that there has been little concrete improvement in the human rights situation in Sudan, the government and its allies are seeking to block the council from extending her mandate.
“Sudan is enduring a massive human rights crisis that affects millions of people,” said Julie de Rivero, Geneva advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “For the council to drop its special scrutiny of Sudan at this crucial time would be to duck its responsibility to monitor and address major human rights violations.”
Læs videre her: www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/16/un-human-rights-council-continue-scrutiny-rights-sudan
