Navi Pillay giver et rids af 2013 som en gang blandede bolsjer med indslag af gruopvækkende overgreb (Syrien og Centralafrika), stille fremskridt (Kina), nye voldsomme udslag (Thailand) og bekymrende udviklinger i Egypten og et demokrati som Bangladesh.
GENEVA, 2 December 2013 (UN News Service): The United Nations human rights chief Monday delivered a “mixed report” on human rights progress around the world, with slow and steady advances in some areas alongside causes for alarm in others, including Syria and the Central African Republic (CAR).
“As we look around the world at the end of 2013, we see examples of situations where that readiness of the international community to act in time is already being sorely (stærkt) tested,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in Geneva, Switzerland.
“In addition to Syria, where the scale and viciousness (onskabsfuldhed) of the abuses (overgreb) being perpetuated (begået) by elements on both sides almost defies belief, the situation in the Central African Republic is deteriorating (forværres) rapidly, and the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear.”
“Elsewhere, there is much turbulence,” Ms. Pillay said, highlighting the “serious politically-driven instability” in Bangladesh which is claiming a lot of lives in the run up to the election, the “heavy-handed attempts” by successive administrations in Egypt to quell people’s right to peaceful protests, and the current confrontations in Thailand.
Meanwhile, reprisals (gengældelse) against civil society organizations, individual human rights defenders and journalists working on rights issues are “extremely worrying” in a number of countries, she said.
The High Commissioner drew attention to the situation of migrants, who continue to be treated as second-class citizens in many countries, as well as the continuing political exploitation of xenophobia (fremmedhad) and racism in Europe and other industrialized areas.
“Amidst all this, there is nevertheless progress, sometimes taking place slowly and steadily out of the limelight, sometimes the subject of major policy shifts – including a number of reforms announced over the past two weeks by the Government of China,” Ms. Pillay stated.
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