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Thank you Chairman.
During the Oslo Process, the Dublin negotiations, and in States Parties’ statements, legislation, and other actions since then, it is apparent that there are differing views on a number of key issues related to implementation and interpretation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Thank you Chairman.
As would be expected, there are no serious issues of non-compliance to be raised at this time. But it is worth noting that 10 States Parties are late with their initial Article 7 transparency reports, and at least one country that may be contaminated with cluster munition remnants has not declared that to be the case.
Thank you chair. Transparency is key to building confidence and making needs for assistance known. States Parties are off to a strong start this year as initial reports are submitted. A 75 percent compliance rate to date is an impressive indication of the political will existing to implement the Convention. 29 States Parties have submitted initial reports.
According to a Cluster Munition Monitor fact sheet on Article 3 (available outside this room), a total of 14 States Parties have submitted transparency measures reports declaring the possession or former possession of cluster munition stockpiles.
Thank you for the floor, Madame Chair.
We appreciate the many positive and detailed updates we have just heard.
Delivered on June 9, 2011 by Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch welcomes the report of the Libya Commission of Inquiry, which has rightly highlighted serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. We believe the Commission should continue its important work.
Human Rights Watch Statement
Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia
June 8, 2011
Human Rights Watch welcomes the outcome of the UPR of Rwanda, in particular its recommendations on freedom of expression, legal reforms and the independence of the judiciary.
Human Rights Watch welcomes the UPR report on Nepal, which includes important recommendations concerning Nepal’s commitments to adopt a comprehensive and inclusive constitution, to ensure justice for victims through the adoption of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances as stipulated in the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and to ensure that perpet
Human Rights Watch
Oral Statement
6 June 2011
17th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 3 General Debate
Human Rights Watch is concerned about the failure of the Sri Lankan government to investigate well-founded allegations of very serious abuses that took place during the last months of its decades-long internal armed conflict, which ended in May 2009.
Mr. President, we would like to thank Jorge Bustamante, the outgoing Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, for his work, make a few observations on his final report, and raise serious concerns about human rights abuses against migrant workers in Thailand.
(New York) – This is a key moment, at the conclusion of a six-year mandate on business and human rights, for the Council to recommit to its goal of advancing the protection of human rights in relation to business activity. As it considers the final report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Prof.