Kriser i brændpunkter verden rundt har kostet tusinder af dødsofre, enorme flygtningestrømme og gruopvækkende overgreb på civile, sagde FNs Højkommissær for Menneskerettigheder i sin dystre årsrapport.
GENEVA, 28 February 2013 (UN News Service): The top United Nations human rights official Thursday highlighted the work being carried out by her office to tackle numerous crises worldwide, and stressed the need to put people first and ensure that human rights remains a priority on the global agenda.
“2012 was a daunting (udfordrende) year for human rights,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said, as she presented the annual report of her office (OHCHR) to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
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“The ongoing crises in Syria, Mali and the Sahel region, Palestine and the DR Congo have resulted in thousands of deaths, massive displacement and grave violations, marked by a climate of impunity (straffrihed),” she stated in her wide-ranging report.
Highlighting OHCHR’s work to ensure that democracy and human rights prevail during major social and political transitions, Ms. Pillay cited the situations in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen which have now entered “new, complex and delicate phases.”
Rapporter om systematiske seksuelle overgreb
In SYRIA, despite particularly challenging circumstances, a handful of human rights officers, deployed within the UN Supervision Mission in Syria that was deployed for several months last year, “played a key role” in the prompt collection and analysis of information on issues such as protection of civilians, peaceful demonstrations and detention.
Ms. Pillay recalled the role of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which she called “invaluable” in unearthing numerous grave human rights violations in that country.
Up to 70.000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011.
In recent days, the Security Council was told of reported systematic use of sexual violence not just against women but also against men, boys and girls.
430.000 fordrevne bare i Mali i Vestafrika
In MALI, a team of human rights officers has been deployed to the new UN Office in Mali ahead of the potential establishment of a peacekeeping mission.
Following fighting in January 2012 between Government forces and Tuareg rebels, Northern Mali was occupied by radical Islamists prompting the Malian Government to request assistance from France.
The fighting displaced more than 430.000 people in the past 13 months, and coincides (falder sammen) with reports of rape and brutalities, as well as reported abuses ranging from a lack of access to schooling to inability to farm or work.
A separate fact-finding mission is looking into these and other potential human rights abuses, Ms. Pillay said, to be compiled into a report she will present to the Council on 11 March.
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