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Urgent international scrutiny needed in Sri Lanka, say UN Human Rights Experts May 8th, 2009
The UN Human Rights Council experts dealing with summary executions, right to health, right to food and water and sanitation, Mr. Philip Alston, Mr. Anand Grover, Mr. Olivier De Schutter and Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, released the following statement Friday:
The current humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka gives cause for deep concern, not only in terms of the number of civilians who have been and continue to be killed, but because of a dramatic lack of transparency and accountability. “There is good reason to believe that thousands of civilians have been killed in the past three months alone, and yet the Sri Lankan Government has yet to account for the casualties, or to provide access to the war zone for journalists and humanitarian monitors of any type”, said Philip Alston, the UN expert on summary executions.
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UN Independent Expert on Safe Drinking water and Sanitation Appointed October 20th, 2008
In its September 2008 session, The UN Human Rights Council appointed Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque as Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. de Albuquerque will take up her functions on 1 November 2008 for a period of three years.
Detailed information and useful inks can be found on the website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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