nevertheless, taking into account that the head of the human rights committee is the greatest friend and associate of the ombudsman, because it is the committee on rights that first listens to the report of the ombudsman on the situation with human rights in ukraine every year. understands, knows, who has seen the work of om on the previous one, who understands what needs to be done in the future and knows the issues of human rights. in my opinion, this is the best choice out of those that could be in conditions when we do not have legislation that would establish the need to hold an open competition and so on. well mrs. valeria, we understand that the story about the dismissal of denisova is not only about procedures. it was a huge gate scandal for the whole world, and we understand that a lot of international institutions and states used the information she made public, i do not have the opportunity to check what was true and what was not true, but she actually put her seal on the information that came from her and as from the relevant representative of the state. so, it is about the damage caused by this scandal to our positions and on the ot

currently, in the parliament, dmytro lobinets heads the committee on human rights, where the occupationntegration of the temporarily occupied territories will not be so easy. it is not only the ombudsman who must deal with the protection of human rights, but he must do it. together with the ukrainian parliament, with the president of ukraine, with the cabinet of ministers of ukraine, it will be difficult, but together with the legs to victory. the polish foundation of international solidarity gave ukraine cars equipped with modern equipment to help the sick and wounded will go to release it from the occupiers of the community in the front-line regions, this is only part of the help, they emphasize polish partners, in general, the international solidarity fund has several programs to support ukrainians for a total of 10 million euros. the first ambulance from polish partners has already been handed over to the peasant community in sumy oblast. the local hospital was damaged and robbed by the occupiers on march 18. quotation marks in quotation marks eh two eh ambulances and two ambulances

currently, in the parliament, dmytro lubinets heads the committee on human rights, occupation and reintegration temporarily occupied territories, the verkhovna rada voted in favor of a number of european integration bills regarding judicial proceedings under martial law and the simplification of budget procedures by local self-government bodies. people's deputy of the voice faction, yaroslav zheleznyak, reported this in telegram. earlier, the leaders of the branches of government signed a joint statement in the verkhovna rada in order to achieve the strategic goal of ukraine's membership in the eu, president volodymyr zelenskyi, during a speech in the parliament , called on people's elected officials to prepare intensively state before negotiations on ukraine's membership in the eu , the association agreement between ukraine and the european union has already been implemented by 63%, and 37% remains a task for all of us for our state, but you still have to develop, defend in front of your colleagues and pass dozens of important bills. this is also not it will be simple, but there is no alternat

hong kong, the united nations human rights committee says hong kong's controversial national security law should be repealed. now the committee was reviewing hong kong's record onights for the first time since the security law effectively shut down pro democracy protests. let's hear from the u.n. >> the he can was deeply concerned about the overly broad interpretation of hong kong's national security law, the n.s.l. which was passed by the national people's congress of china without consultation with the hong kong public. since its enactment in 2020, the n.s.l. has reportedly led to the arrests o over 200 people including 12 children. >> hong kong is a special administrative region of china and a former british colony. 7 million people live there. when the territory returned to china rule in 1997, they were promised, one country, two systems with hong kong's hioric freedoms protected. the law appears to undermine those rights and freedoms. let's get more from switzerland. >> what they are saying is that this law which was passed by china apparently without any real consultation with local authorities in hong kong, it says, you know, you can be arrested for sub

known from the mother that they grew within is probably one of the cruellest things anyone could do. this joint committee report on human rights recommended an apology. is that what you want? pm recommended an apology. is that what ou want? �* ., ., , ., ., ., ., you want? an apology would go a long way towards — you want? an apology would go a long way towards validating _ you want? an apology would go a long way towards validating the _ you want? an apology would go a long way towards validating the things - way towards validating the things we've been campaigning about for years. and vindicating our position in that we were victims of an injustice that should never have taken place. but any apology must be more than words, it must include provision for help for people who are still traumatised. it must provide some measure of recognition for the issues. and help with access to records and many other things that have been mentioned in the report. it needs to be much more than just words but an apology, a spoken, heartfelt apology, would mean a great deal to so many of us. diana, thank you so much for sharing your story with

human rights. previously, this position was held by lyudmila denisova, she was fired a month ago. currently, dmytro labinets is the head of the committee in the parliament. and onues of human rights, where the occupation and reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, the parliament voted in favor of european integration draft laws on judicial proceedings under martial law and the simplification of budget procedures by local self-government bodies. authorities signed a joint statement in the verkhovna rada in order to achieve the strategic goal of ukraine's membership in the eu, president volodymyr zelenskyi called during his speech in the parliament deputies to intensively prepare the state for negotiations on ukraine's membership in the eu, the association agreement between ukraine and the european union has already been implemented by 63%, and 37% remains a task for all of us for our state, but you still have to develop, defend in front of your colleagues and pass dozens of important bills it will not be easy either, but there is no alternative to this. you are fighting very bravely. europe will be with you as long as it takes. ukraine has a very clea

is harriet harman, chair of thejoint joining me now is harriet harman, chair of the joint committee on human rights the 19705? if like this still happening into the 19705? , . , , , ., 19705? it is incredible because down the centuries — 19705? it is incredible because down the centuries the _ 19705? it is incredible because down the centuries the importance - 19705? it is incredible because down the centuries the importance of - 19705? it is incredible because down the centuries the importance of the l the centuries the importance of the bond between mother and child has been recognised and yet for these women, just as you say a few decades ago, their child was taken from them and the only thing they had done wrong, supposedly, was get pregnant when they weren't married. those who got pregnant who were able to marry the father, they were then able to keep the child, but we have to remember this was a time with very little sex education, virtually no access to contraception. those young girls who did get pregnant were taken away from their home, and after ten weeks the child was taken from them for

rights of children by not taking action on climate change. but the committee said they must 1st bring lawsuits and the national court of these countries human rights as universal, which is why it's very likely that we'll see a lot more of these cases in the future. and actually not just against government adults courses found that shell has a legal responsibility for climate change shell will have to cut their emissions a landmark decision with far reaching implications for environmental policy worldwide in may 2021. dutch environmental group. new different si, celebrated a huge victory against the oil and gas company shell. one of the top 10 climate polluting companies in the world. i think to be held that shows climate policy was so full as to be unlawful. that's. that's groundbreaking. pull, benson as a lawyer, had claimed earth and environmental law and geo. the court ordered shell, which says it will appeal to cut its emissions by 45 percent by the end of the decade. it's the 1st time that a corporate group has been ordered to, in essence comply with the go with the parents agreement. the court called shelter, current climate policy, intangib

the united nations human rights committee says hong kong's controversial national security law should be repealed. the committee was reviewing hong kong's record onmmittee was deeply concerned about the overly broad interpretation of hong kong's national security law, the nsl, which was passed by the national people's congress of china without consultation with the hong kong public. since its enactment in 2020, the nsl has reportedly led to the arrests of over 200 people, including 12 children. hong kong is a special administrative region of china — and a former british colony. 7 million people live there. when the territory returned to chinese rule in 1997, they were promised "one country, two systems" with hong kong's historic freedoms protected. the un committee says the national security law appears to undermine those rights and freedoms. let's get more from the bbc�*s imogen foulkes in switzerland. what they're saying is that this law, which was passed by china, apparently without any real consultation with local authorities in hong kong, it says, you know, you can be arrested for subversion, sedition, endangering national security. now, the

comrades-in-arms or high authorities, the us ambassador, head of the duma committee on international affairs, commissioner for human rightsthe russian paralympic committee in all positions is such that someone must force a person to be a man and human power vladimir lukin is the same someone for 10 years, a human rights ombudsman. how can you see how people live there, what they complain about, now everyone knows what a human rights commissioner is. and why he was needed in the thirty- seventh, they didn’t know lukino was 2 weeks old when his father was taken, his mother went to chica to prove that he was not a japanese spy, they took her and she was rehabilitated after 2 years, fortunately, because including, because they are on themselves, despite the torture of nothing. i admit i've grown up. vladimir lukinovich nevertheless became a member of the cpsu, it was in khrushchev's time, when the cult of personality was exposed, and i decided that if we follow this path, then it suits me. he graduated from the history department of the moscow pedagogical institute, where he became friends with those who are commonly called d

compound in early this is without precedent and all because of one single complaint of child abuse. 89 will helen minute. the human rights committee of the chilean parliament summoned laura again, but the minister did not comply with arthur and outraged the human rights activists . margarita romero? lorraine replaced. okay, people on the run, the samuel justice minister lorraine has protected the sect for many years. even though he was aware of the crimes committed, they seek them through a concrete as a key. we have the evidence, they don't know what's missing is the political will carry out the process. you should have gotten into the following the law lap, relaxing if it's pete that human rights live. a non fernandez also criticizes the inaction of those responsible or castle ma. am i this is the most dramatic case, and she lays recent history. neither the minister of justice nor the president or minister of the interior are fulfilling the duties of their office. but it included a military society has the right to demand the crimes of colonial digney that be prosecuted colonial deserves compensation. clarification and justice a

this was an inquiry by thejoint committee on human rights, looking into the treatment of unmarried motherswn to a short moment in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby. in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby-— in time. can you do that for us? you had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i — had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had _ had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had been _ had your baby. what happened next? 0k, already i had been conditioned i ok, already i had been conditioned even before she was born that the route _ even before she was born that the route to _ even before she was born that the route to go — even before she was born that the route to go down was to give her up for adoption. route to go down was to give her up foradoption. because route to go down was to give her up for adoption. because somebody else could give _ for adoption. because somebody else could give her a much better life than _ could give her a much better life than i _ could give her a much better life than i could, because they were married — than i

committee on energy and housing and utilities . dmytro lubinets, the commissioner for human rights, notes that it is very important to get data and asksinternational organizations that have undertaken certain obligations regarding our prisoners of war. we are talking about the international committee of the red cross. yes, they somehow contributed and did their work in this sense, but in fact there are several very revealing moments that , in my opinion, once again incredibly demonstrate russian and its spread around the world, ah, official twitter russian embassy in great britain i will read this with your permission and please forgive me for this azov militants deserve to be shot and not but not shot but hanged because they are not real soldiers they deserve a humiliating death once again this is the russian embassy in great britain these are people who, in principle, should be familiar with what diplomacy is and what is the appropriate language that should be used in the given positions. and we are currently in touch with pavlo klimkin, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine from 2014 to 2019, co-founder of the center of national s

and we are an office authorized by the verkhovna rada on human rights, we are making efforts to obtain such access through the international committee of the red cross, about which a letter was already written, and we already have a reaction that the international red cross is working on such access. we also appealed directly to of moskalkova e.e. the human rights commissioner in russian in order to carry out e.e. such a visit, a joint visit to the territory is possible, but in order to pick up ukrainian bodies, identify and establish the circumstances were also yesterday, several such operational meetings took place, including you could see a joint statement of the armed forces of ukraine, the main directorate of intelligence and the verkhovna rada commissioner for human rights, not only about the violations, but also about the alleged events that have taken place so far there are several such versions, including that such an explosion took place from the middle, and the fact that captured prisoners of war were moved to this very room a few days ago is disturbing, and before that there were several reports that ukraine is going to

society would later on have a political race to cat resistance, work for the democratic national committee with u.s. ambassador to liberia and served on the near city commissioners human rights and particularly are served as the commissioner of the united states and segregating housing. so find it interesting that what all is he is doing and suggesting, baseball is part of that and he sees that is another key part of american culture that african-americans should embrace and would benefit their communities. and what we know more about him. he worked behind the scenes, he did a lot of records and his race and that all had let us to know very little bit about lester walton who was a very important figure in american history during this time and another sports journalist, you've seen the movie 42, will be watching that later this semester and look forward to that. was journalist wendell smith and he grew up in detroit and let me tell you back story little bit pretty started his career in baseball is a very talented pitcher. they wanted to sign him, as early as 1933 but they could not through the segregation policy and major-league baseball novel gentlemen's agreement emerging i

addition, amos organized his time for the first immigrants right summit in 2007, and he's served on the ccof bond committee, the city of san francisco human right's commission lgbtq advisory committee as well as on the board of l.y.r.i.c., and he's also played a leadership role at the elementary school that his daughter attends. amos and his husband, mickey, and their daughter, alicia, are currently on a well deserved family vacation, and fortunately for them, they're on their vacation, but unfortunately, they're unavailable and they're offline, which is good for them, so i will present this really -- this certificate of -- this special commendation to amos and his family when they return from their vacation, but really thank amos for all of his dedication and work to our city. thank you. [applause] >> president walton: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton, colleagues. my honoree i think is known to many, if not all of us. jeremy lee is a third generation san franciscan who i think we all now because of his organizing and advocacy work, as a chinatown advocacy organizer and work a

human rights and international laws and human rights laws and all these things. yeah. you mentioned the all 6 of this strange to say the least, the u. s. setting off an investigative committee on yemen. but of course, washington's role in the conflict is still on clear, or at least not made public. yes, this is i think this is, this is coming because of what's happening now by dint in, in saudi arabia. now at this moment he's there and only a few years ago he was saying that he would make saudi. yeah. yeah. all right. so where does the human rights? where does what does that, what does that mean? the victim the yeah, many civilian victims, hundreds and hundreds of people being killed here in yemen. and now he comes and as a saying that they want to create this committee, this is something to, to be saudi arabia. this is something to cover up the water crimes here in human. what a crime, hearing them are out of countless. and they are many in everywhere because people were, were killed in houses, in homes, in schools, in and hospitals in waiting in a funeral everywhere. and everybody knows these water crime. so we need independent timothy if not, you in independent committee, b

exclusion of the russian federation from the committee of human rights with the united nations organization, china consistently puts the blame, let's say, not onainian crisis , but on the united states of america and nato, which allegedly unreasonably expanded and this led to this situation. china consistently criticizes the sanctions imposed on the russian federation, saying that they do not help resolve the conflict, but only worsen economic conditions, including leading to a pre-war food crisis - china constantly criticizes the provision of weapons to ukraine by the west of states says that and also that it does not help the resolution of the conflict and so on, that is why china's position at the moment is that it diplomatically and informationally at the media level is everything still leans towards the russian interpretation of the situation, but at the moment we do not yet observe the so-called material assistance of the people's republic of china in relation to the conduct of this war, all because of what is meant. at the moment, we have no confirmation that china is ready to send its troops to help the russian federation and to provid

on that. >> what is the strategy to the international committee that the president made in particular on insaudi arabia that the u.s. has been committed on human rights? >> so this is what i said earlier to someone who asked me. the president believes that it's important and we are talking about human rights as we are talking about american values. it's important to have those frank and direct conversations with leaders and be very clear on where we stand as a country. this is what the president, you heard directly from him when he held a press conference as i stated many times at this point today, this afternoon. he made that very clear. he spoke directly and firmly and that is a continuing conversation that he is going to have. human rights issues come up frequently when he is meeting leader to leader. that will not stop or end, and this is something the president has been committed to for his entire career. >> just picking up on claimant, you mentioned that there is no timeline on the administration taking action but does the administration have an executive order or executive plan ready or does there need to be a process to plan and how far along

on have a political career to, can't resist mensa nation were talking about him. worked for the democratic national committee. was a u.s. ambassador to ambassador liberia. commissioner for human rights. particularly, served as the new york city commissioner for human rights. particularly on disapproving housing. so i find it interesting that with all he's doing, all that he suggesting. baseball supported that. he sees that as another key part of american culture that african americans should embrace. and that would benefit their community. and i would say, why do we know more about him? he worked behind the scenes, he didn't leave a whole lot of records. his race. all have led us to know very little about lesser walton who in fact was one of the very important figure in american history in this time period. now another specialist for the mentioning. if you've seen the movie 42, he's a figure in that movie. we'll be watching that later in the semester so you can look forward to that. there is a journalist named wendal smith. and he grew up in detroit, but let me tell you his back story a little bit. he starts his career in baseball is a very talented pitcher. in fact the detroit tige

addition, amos organized his time for the first immigrants right summit in 2007, and he's served on the ccof bond committee, the city of san francisco humanadvisory committee as well as on the board of l.y.r.i.c., and he's also played a leadership role at the elementary school that his daughter attends. amos and his husband, mickey, and their daughter, alicia, are currently on a well deserved family vacation, and fortunately for them, they're on their vacation, but unfortunately, they're unavailable and they're offline, which is good for them, so i will present this really -- this certificate of -- this special commendation to amos and his family when they return from their vacation, but really thank amos for all of his dedication and work to our city. thank you. [applause] >> president walton: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton, colleagues. my honoree i think is known to many, if not all of us. jeremy lee is a third generation san franciscan who i think we all now because of his organizing and advocacy work, as a chinatown advocacy organizer and work at the rose pak democratic

lukin served as the commissioner for human rights, was the ambassador of our country to the united states and for a long time headed the russian paralympic committee onh of the evil and yacon. i don't like you, i'll take in i will stand and take off your scalp, human nature is such that someone must force a person to be a man and human power vladimir lukin is the same someone for 10 years, a human rights ombudsman, as it was for you. here in this visit it is bad to go to prison for a change. yes. to see how people live there, what they complain about, now everyone knows what a human rights commissioner is. and why he was needed in the thirty- seventh did not know lukino was 2 weeks old when his father was taken, his mother went to chika to prove that he was not a japanese spy, and she was rehabilitated after 2 years, fortunately, because , among other things, because they didn’t admit anything to themselves, despite the torture, having matured. vladimir lukinovich nevertheless became a member. the khrushchev era of the cpsu, when, uh, the cult of personality was exposed, and i decided that if we follow this path, then it suits me. he graduated from t

committee on the protection of people's rights before this appointment. how do you evaluate this candidacy ? dmytro, it is possible to say that humanhts defenders still talked about the fact that there should be some kind of consultation with public organizations regarding the appointment so that the candidacies are announced, good meaning from yes, this did not happen, however. we really hope that mr. dmytro, with whom we have a long cooperation, when he was the head of the committee, or do you know if he was the chief of staff, will also support the idea of ​​changing the law on the plenipotentiary so that in the next elections of the next or plan, we had a transparent competitive procedure for the appointment of a professional in the field of human rights. and in general, they understood. well, how do you assess it? well, this is not a scandal, not a scandal, not a scandal. i don't know this media activity around media activity and the previous authorized representative human rights of lyudmila denisova, known material, water, only the ukrainian truth, which one is there? well, directly or indirectly, well, they accused her of m

this would be if it happens if this year committee is created, it would be, i think, at this sentence, for their human rights in yemen and maybe in the reagan moving on. now the u. k. military has returned to the former british colony, kenya with a joint training program. commanders have admitted they've been deploying white phosphorus in drills across the area, but claim in there are legal purposes behind this. but locals are apparently concerned by the substance as deadly threats. despite the brits attempts to whitewash the consequences as his art is done, a quarter explains great. britain's once again, conducting military exercises in its former colony of kenya, the 2 countries just signed an agreement for closer military co operation. and british troops are cleaning up after the latest drills to make sure the locals don't get hurt. the can you defense force in the u. k. army come together to conduct a range sweep of the unexploded ordnance on that kenyan training areas that we use here. and to educate the people that live here on the dangers of that unexploded ordnance and to educate and so that they don't pick it up that and play with it. and th

on a slap in the face. the words used by a human rights activist in slumming the by that ministration for its plans to set up a new international committee to investigate abuses in yemen, ostensibly at the hands of saudi arabia. he claims that proposed body is flawed from the start. they are working on a very, very bad mechanism that can replace that you ends. first of all, the starting point is that the mandate is weak and 2nd, it is not independent at all. well, according to reports, the us state department is considering including representatives from yelman's presidential leadership council in the new committee. the council, however, he said to have close ties with saudi arabia who have been the focus of investigations themselves in the past. and it comes as a u. s. congressional watchdog released the report last month, stating the u. s. has not fully investigated its own role and perpetrating. schumann writes a pieces reports of also reveal up the saudi bombing campaign in yemen, allege war crimes were conducted with us weapons. in january, this year, american weapons were reportedly used in our striking, yet in killing. at least 80

happens if this committee is created, it would be, i think, at this centers for the human rights in yemen and maybe in the region. well, joe biden met with his palestinian counterpart in bethlehem on friday morning as part of his middle east tour. the visit to the west bank though, was marked by protests with demonstrators, angered by biden's support for israel had all that's the white house allies. hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid for palestinians of the you essex report relations with the state. but some residents, all bethlehem that we spoke to ult, ignored by the us despite the high profile, is that i think it is it to little. hm. it's like a legit visit to the church. you see our president, you can see what, how much of the time he's been to his room and how many times you spend and all sites and oversight. he spent like just one hours. we are under before 73 years. i don't think just like this visit. we can put a points out of the situation. i don't think anything will move, you know, we've been under this tuition for nearly 70 years. we are okay, but do we need the freedom? so we hope so. some of our suffering guest palestinians should see the will he should see

committee on the rights of persons with disabilities, after rulings from the highest uk courts said life—support treatment could be withdrawn. the record temperatures in the uk last week would have been "almost impossible" without humanth ofjuly. experts say without human—caused climate change these would have been 2—4 celsius cooler. 5,000 train drivers are due to walk out on strike tomorrow, in a dispute about pay. their union aslef has described the action as a last resort, saying the rising cost of living means workers are facing a real—terms pay cut. and there are more strikes planned in the coming weeks. our transport correspondent katy austin is at paddington station in london. katy, is the walk—out already being felt? we have already had strikes by the rmt union this summer. tomorrow a big walk out as planned by drivers, set to cause a lot of disruption. their union, aslef, says drivers need a pay rise that reflects the rising cost of living and that terms and conditions need to be protected. the train company say they want to give a pay increase, but that reforms need to be agreed to afford that and have caught the proper talks. for now they strike tomorrow is set to go ahead at seven train companies. some o

committee is created, it would be, i think, at this synthesis for the human rights in yemen and maybe in the region. well, as we mentioned earlier, joe biden met with his palestinian counterpart in bethlehem on friday morning as part of his middle east tour. the visit to the west bank was marred by protest with demonstrators, angered by biden's support for israel earlier in the white house that i've hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bait for pallets. and in those the u. s. 6 to repair relations with this for biden's press conference with the palestinian leadership wasn't with the norcross moment. waited the event journalist put a photo of slain al jazeera journalist sharina up to actually on a cher her killing back in may while she was coming in. this really operation in the west bank are raged, palestinians, and lead to both sides and the conflict, treating blame on while biden condemned the violence. the president had trouble pronouncing her name in the united states to suffer the loss as well, including the killing of charade. bu kaylee, while the u. s. heis of representatives has passed the national defense spill, that increases washington's military help to ukraine, but strikes a