On Thursday, the UN Human Rights Council will hold an extraordinary session on “The worsening of the human rights situation in Ukraine” after the Russian invasion, with Ukraine’s request and the support of nearly 60 countries.
“Today we invite the UN Human Rights Council to a special meeting to examine the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN Yevhenia Filipenko said in a video posted on Twitter. said.
A short time later, the United Nations stated that the meeting will take place on 12 May and stated that Kiev’s request was supported by 15 Council member states and 36 observer countries, including Mexico, Japan, France, the United States, Gambia and Poland. such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Switzerland and Turkey.
“Together we send another powerful message to Putin and his group of war criminals: they are more isolated than ever before,” said Filipenko.
On Twitter, Ukraine’s UN mission called on the Human Rights Council to “take action in response to the horrific human rights abuses and war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.”
“We want the UN to take concrete steps to combat the human rights violations committed by Russia in Ukraine and the war crimes it commits against our people every day,” Filipenko said.
The Ambassador asked the Commission of Inquiry to examine “Russia’s crimes in Bucha and other liberated areas”.
In March, the Human Rights Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution establishing an independent international commission of inquiry.
source: Noticias
