Italy: Leadership Needed on Rights

On: June 16, 2011

In: Asylum Seekers, Europe/Central Asia, HRC, Human Rights Council, Human Rights in the European Union, Italy, LGBT Rights, Press release, Racism and Discrimination, United Nations

Italy should take concrete steps to improve its human rights record and carry out the pledges it made as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

(New York, June 16, 2011) – Italy should take concrete steps to improve its human rights record and carry out the pledges it made as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Foreign Minister Franco Frattini released today.

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