UN head of Human Rights calls on Mozambique to combat corruption, violence

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UN head of Human Rights calls on Mozambique to combat corruption, violence

3:43 CAT | 14 Jun 2016

AFP (File photo) / United Nation Human Rights Chief Prince Zeid Ra ad Zeid Al-Hussein

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighted Mozambique in his opening speech at the Human Rights Council in Geneva; Zeid Al Hussein asked the Maputo government to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of summary executions, kidnappings and acts of violence to justice.

Violence and corruption in Mozambique featured in the speech of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein, at the opening of a Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on Monday.

Hussein was calling for increased action by the international community to combat conflicts and wars that threaten civilians, especially women and children, throughout the world.

Al Hussein said that Mozambique, like many other countries, was sliding into violence. The Portuguese-speaking country has been considered a success story in Africa in recent years, he said, but the resumption of hostilities between the armed wing of Renamo and Mozambican security forces was causing waves of internal displacement, with people fleeing the fighting.

Al Hussein also cited reports of abductions, summary executions and ill-treatment, as well as threats to human life and the lives of journalists and rights activists, and requested the government of Mozambique to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of these acts to justice.

Al Hussein also called on the government to fight corruption in the country, which has prevented many from enjoying their economic and social rights.

The commissioner also addressed the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya, the Central African Republic and other parts of the world, asking the international community to take action to address the scourge.

Source: unmultimedia.org