EL SALVADOR / ZEID HUMAN RIGHTS

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said El Salvador has the highest rate of gender-based killings of women and girls in the region adding that the country “is facing enormous challenges from the point of view of confronting gun violence and femicide.” OHCHR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:25
• Production Date: 17 November 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ZEID RA'AD AL HUSSEIN
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: EL SALVADOR
• MAMS Id: 2040306
• Parent Id: 2040306
• Alternate Title: unifeed171117f

Description

STORY: EL SALVADOR / ZEID HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 01:25
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OHCHR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 NOVEMBER 2017, SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR

Shotlist

16 NOVEMBER 2017, SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR

1. Wide shot, women’s prison Ilopango
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“The country is facing enormous challenges from the point of view of confronting gun violence and femicide.”
3. Med shot, women in hand cuffs
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“At a time when the general amnesty provisions have been overturned by the decision of the Supreme Court, it positions the country against real possibilities. So, you have challenges which are very real and possibilities for making progress on all these fronts also existing.”
5. Med shots, High Commissioner meeting Salvadorian President
6. Wide shot, High Commissioner meeting Salvadorian President
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“We have a very active engagement through our regional office in Panama and I look forward to continued discussion with the authorities and others.”
8. Wide shot, photo op

Storyline

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said El Salvador has the highest rate of gender-based killings of women and girls in the region adding that the country “is facing enormous challenges from the point of view of confronting gun violence and femicide.”

Zeid spoke Thursday (16 Nov) at the conclusion of a two-day visit to El Salvador, marking his first official visit to the country. He visited a women pre-trial detention facility, where he spoke to women who were convicted of aggravated homicide in connection with obstetric emergencies and as a result are serving 30 years in prison. Zeid said he was appalled by El Salvador’s absolute prohibition on abortion.

Twenty-five years after the end of the civil war, the UN human rights chief described the country as a functioning democracy. He expressed hope, despite the human rights challenges, and added that there was political will in the country to address them.

SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“At a time when the general amnesty provisions have been overturned by the decision of the Supreme Court, it positions the country against real possibilities. So, you have challenges which are very real and possibilities for making progress on all these fronts also existing.”

Zeid said the country continues to fight against violence, in particular gang violence, which is a priority for the State. He noted that the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has “a very active engagement” through its regional office in Panama and looked forward to “continued discussion with the authorities and others.”