UN report: Human Rights in Iraq remains fragile and [5] thousands of dead and injured in the first half of 2012

Wednesday, January 19 1 / December 2012 17:47



[Baghdad - where]

The United Nations announced that the human rights situation in Iraq remains fragile, and many Iraqis are still suffering from discrimination in services and employment.

A statement from the mission internationalism in Iraq [UNAMI] Agency has received all of Iraq [where] a copy of it on Wednesday, "The report issued by the United Nations on the situation of human rights in Iraq for the period between January 1 and June 30, 2012, pointed out that respect for and protection of human rights is still fragile in Iraq, while the country continues to move from years of violence and conflict to democracy and peace. "

"It is still violence is of great concern, as the number of civilian deaths rose slightly compared with the same period in 2011", adding that "about one thousand and [346] civilians were killed, and three thousand and [660] others wounded, six months First in 2012, and despite the decrease in the overall number of attacks that took place, the attacks were often more bloody, as the attacks were few failure of large numbers of victims. "

He praised the report of the United Nations Mission to help Iraq [UNAMI] in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, noting that "the Government of Iraq has adopted a number of positive steps to address some of the concerns related to human rights, including the conduct of some legislative and institutional reforms President" .

The report welcomed "the appointment of commissioners to work in the Independent High Commission for Human Rights First in Iraq and authenticate Iraq International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the launch of a program to reorganize and rehabilitate detention centers and prisons of the authority of the Ministry of Justice", as he emphasized that many ordinary Iraqis of women, children and persons with disabilities and members of ethnic and religious groups, still face varying degrees of discrimination in respect to the full enjoyment of their fundamental rights, and that many Iraqis still suffer from limited access to basic services, including health care, education and employment. "

The statement quoted the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Martin Kobler, say "comes respect for human rights at the heart of any democratic system, and Iraqi authorities must take firm action to ensure that every person in this country full of his fundamental rights, including social and economic rights ".

The statement noted that "Other concerns was the reliance on confessions as the basis for convictions in proceedings and the implementation of the death penalty and the lack of adequate resources for prosecutors and courts to address the problem of overcrowding in detention centers. Still conditions in prisons are a source of grave concern."

The statement quoted the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, saying, "I call on the Iraqi authorities to address the serious violations of human rights, which highlights it."

She added, "I would like to emphasize in particular, that international law does not allow for the application of the death penalty except in very limited circumstances, including after a trial and follow the appeal proceedings that scrupulously respect all the principles of a fair trial."

It went on to say that "the number of executions that have been implemented so far in 2012 and the way it was carried out in the form of large batches is a very serious matter and can not be justified and it threatens to undermine the progress partial and temporary achieved with respect to the rule of law in Iraq, according to the report pointed out, I urge the Government of Iraq to declare a moratorium on all executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty in the near future. "ended.


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