UN Human Rights Council: ‘Traditional values’ vote and Gaza overshadow progress
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)Date: 02 Oct 2009
Council Condemns Honduras Violations; Calls for Release of Burma's Political Prisoners
(Geneva, October 2, 2009) – The UN Human Rights Council concluded its session with mixed results, Human Rights Watch said today. The council adopted helpful resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma, Somalia, Honduras and Cambodia and unanimously supported resolutions on freedom of expression, migrants' rights, HIV/AIDS and access to medicines.
But it took no action on Justice Richard Goldstone's report on the recent conflict in Gaza, stalling justice for the civilian victims of the conflict. It also passed a divisive and dangerous resolution on "traditional" values and human rights, and neglected a range of other abuses worthy of its attention. "The council deserves kudos for taking up Honduras and for acting on a range of situations in other countries," said Julie de Rivero, Geneva advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "Now what about the abuses in the many other places the council ignores like Afghanistan, Russia, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka?"
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