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GENEVA / SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS
STORY: GENEVA / SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS
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SOURCE: CH UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 10 JANUARY 2014, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE – RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1.Wide shot, Palais des Nations
10 JANUARY 2014, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2.Wide shot, press room
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The UNMISS Human Rights Division is investigating allegations of serious human rights violations and abuses that have occurred in Juba and other affected towns. Around 60,000 displaced people have sought protection and safety in UN compounds across the country. There has been no fighting in Juba itself for close to three weeks now, but sporadic shooting and reportedly other violations continue there and there is much fear and anxiety. Outside the capital, serious security constraints have at times limited UNMISS’s access to key locations, including Bor, which has already changed hands three times since fighting began almost three weeks ago, and there have been difficulties operating in Malakal, which has been the scene of repeated fighting between pro-government and anti-government forces.”
4.Med shot, journalists
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The High Commissioner appeals for restraint from all parties and reminds them of their responsibility to protect civilians and respect innocent lives. We welcome recent high-level commitments to investigate these serious human rights violations and establish who is responsible, as urged by the African Union on the 30th of December 2013. These investigations need to be undertaken as soon as possible in accordance with internationally accepted standards and principles of objectivity, transparency and due process.”
6.Med shot, journalists
The United Nations Human Rights office (OHCHR) is investigating allegations of serious human rights violations and abuses that have occurred in parts of South Sudan since the start of the current political crisis.
OHCHR Spokesperson Rupert Colville told journalists today (10 Jan) that around 60,000 displaced people have sought protection and safety in UN compounds across the country.
Colville reported that “there has been no fighting in Juba itself for close to three weeks now, but sporadic shooting and reportedly other violations continue there and there is much fear and anxiety.”
Outside the capital, he said, “serious security constraints have at times limited UNMISS’s access to key locations, including Bor, which has already changed hands three times since fighting began almost three weeks ago, and there have been difficulties operating in Malakal, which has been the scene of repeated fighting between pro-government and anti-government forces.”
The crisis has displaced a total of over 232,000 people and about 1,000 people have been killed in the country since the flare-up of fighting.
Fighting continues in Bentiu, in Unity State, which has also changed hands several times and has been the scene of human rights violations.
Colville said “investigations need to be undertaken as soon as possible in accordance with internationally accepted standards and principles of objectivity, transparency and due process.”
The High Commissioner for Human Rights is appealing for restraint from all parties and reminds them of their responsibility to protect civilians and respect innocent lives.
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