the security council the general assembly or the human rights council she believes the u.n. secretary general himself can set up a criminal investigation into the case and she says it should do it right now has made no she's not certainly minced her words certainly in this ng in blaming the saudi crown prince directly and yet if we look ahead in the next few days we've got the g 20 summit in osaka where many of the world's leaders will be including the only arab nation saudi arabia and indeed she will be presenting this report to the human rights council of which saudi arabia is a member. yes i think the saudis had been hoping they knew she was doing this investigation they knew that there would be published the around it but it is so damning i think they'd hoped this was slowly going to die down certainly this is going to put fresh pressure on the saudi authorities is going to put pressure pressure pressure in washington on the trumpet ministration because we're finding all this out they knew they'd seen they'd heard these tapes they'd read all of these reports this is inte

sions that happened there i just want to say one quick make what we have good point on the human rights council and its membership but i counsel i think it's important to realize that the united nations generally and its values human rights systems are more real is there primarily to protect individuals and particularly individuals in these authoritarian nations they are part of the broader set of compromise among various states where these nations if you look at them pl the countries that have been on the membership of the council they are some of the worst abusers of human rights so it is a given the take between the various states that takes place in terms of the process of electing countries i don't think we should put too much emphasis on who is on the human rights council and who is not much in plaid on that note firstly can you shed any more light on what is happening in eritrea particularly to the common common person and to the whole idea of this un human rights council not necessarily protecting the wider population instead is more about the government's . well i mean that's absolutel

you and experts have the night that human rights you know the issues human rights council the finallyto investigate the killings in the philippines and this is obviously decide on whether you would didn't see these some states have. sponsored this illusion in the human rights council that exactly these human rights council can no longer ignore because they cannot on theirs sweep this under garage and so in this upcoming session of the sort is this the sort of 1st session didn't even this is something the human rights council need to tackle head on also because keep in mind that the philippines a lot of the pass gun out of the national criminal court. guys you see has not gone beyond the preliminary extermination the pocket being dispersed into a column. a turning us from an elephant human rights watch carlos thank you. so ahead on al-jazeera. scores a narrow victory. in mexico promises to step up security along its border with guatemala to prevent migrants crossing but the u.s. wants it to do more. howlers the thunderstorms moving your way not.

human rights council is an independent expert of the united nations she doesn't though represent the body that is the secretary general she makes a recommendation to him that because this is getting nowhere with the saudi investigation with saudi justice that he should set up his own criminal investigation and he says he has the power to do this he has said no i don't need a referral from one of the bodies of the united nations one of the key assemblies the general assembly the security council a human rights council and a referral from a member state she says that's not the case who's right i pressed the official spokesperson of the secretary general. the special rough water is an eminent legal expert the secretary general is not a lawyer there are other lawyers who agree with her he has the power to do this what is icing this is his no one doubts. credentials this is from our. this is the secretary its position this is the secretary general's basis based on what on legal advice can they see the legal advice if there is legal and. as you know whether in any institution advice betwee

craft: senator, there are members of the human rights council that are committing these horrible human rights abuses. senator cardin: no disagreement from me on that. ms. craft: it's appalling that we have members of the council that are supposed to be holding accountable. senator cardin: i'll get into a second subject. you gave, i thought, views that i strongly agree with in regards to climate change. and then you said you don't want to assume an outsized burden be on behalf of the rest of the world. so i want to drill down on that for one moment, because the united states is party to the 1992 u.n. framework convention on climate change. that's the climate change that is subject right now to discussion by the white house. in that convention, it's basically a convention to come together as a global community to deal with climate issues. there's no specific commitments in the convention itself. then, 2015 in paris, there was agreement reached between 195 now signators that has voluntary compliance. there is no enforcement of that. so where are you -- are you concerned by the actions by

that's the human rights council. i strongly have disagreed with axes in the human rights council. in fact senator portman and i filed legislation dealing with action in the human rights council. but the question is whether we participate or don't participate as a member of the human rights council. and there is a concern that if we are not at the table countries such as china or russia get a much larger audience than if we were there participating. so i want to get your view as to whether you think it is right for us to walk away from the debates in which we cannot win or we are better off staying there making our points and doing the best we other day. especially talking about the goals of the u.n. whether or not we are in the room with the human rights council or a member is really not as important as the -- as the ability -- as the u.s. u.n. ambassador to use the security council as a platform to call out the countries on human rights abuses. if confirmed, i will use the security council as a platform and also understanding that it is not acceptable for the human rights council

human rights council asking him to do that or a member state perhaps turkey ask him to do that she says no he he should himself be able to establish an international follow up without the trigger by any state so the ball very much in the court of antonio good terrorists and other organs of the united nations she says that they have the power they must investigate and i will see what happens there after this report is released james spain's at the united nations for us let's not go to a stumble and a turkey where of course was murdered at the saudi consulate any thumble in october 28th not survive things to look at end a lot to unpack here hashim 1st of all how well the tech isha thought he'd be viewing this report by the u.n. investigator a very damning report for saudi arabia. a very damning report indeed we've been talking to officials of the missile fight enough they say that they need some time to read the whole. statement the whole report issued by the united nations or any color mug but some of the recommendations of that report for exactly in line what with what turkey has been c

isha it's that happened there i just want to say one quick make what we have to point on the human rights council and its membership but i concept i think it's important to realize that the united nations generally and its values human rights systems are more really there primarily to protect individuals and particularly individuals in these authoritarian nations they are part of a broader set of compromise among various states where these nations if you look at them pl countries that have been on the membership of the council they are some of the worst abusers of human rights so it is a given the take between the various states that takes place in terms of the process of electing countries i don't think we should put too much emphasis on who is on the human rights council and who is not much in plaid on that note firstly can you shed any more light on what is happening in eritrea particularly to the common common person and to the whole idea of this un human rights council not necessarily protecting the wider population instead is more about the government's . well i mean that's absolutely right

human rights council is an independent expert of the united nations she doesn't though represent the body that is the secretary general she makes a recommendation to him that because this is getting nowhere with the saudi investigation with saudi justice that he should set up his own criminal investigation and he says he has the power to do this he has said no i don't need a referral from one of the borders of the united nations one of the key assemblies the general assembly the security council a human rights council and a referral from a member state she says that's not the case who's right i pressed the official spokes person of the secretary general. apologies i was into the sound down space interview and joining me now is there is senior political analyst so given that apparent difference between what the tears are saying and what he's saying how likely is it that there will be in the end an international less occasion into this were clearly the words of a sigar general count more than an independent report 3rd and then do the dishes or she's as jim said she's independent and th

isha it's that happens there i just want to say one quick make what we have to point on the human rights council and its membership but i counsel i think it's important to realize that the united nations generally and its values human rights are more really is there primarily to protect individuals and particularly individuals in these authoritarian nations they are part of the broader set of compromise among various states where these nations if you look up to them pl countries that have been on a membership of the council they are some of the worst abusers of human rights so it is a given to take between the various states that takes place in terms of the process of electing countries i don't think we should put too much emphasis on who is on the human rights council and who is not martin platt on that note firstly can you shed any more light on what is happening in eritrea particularly to the common common person and to the whole idea of this un human rights council not necessarily protecting the wider population instead it's more about the government's. well i mean that's absolutely right an

they appear to have got away with murder that surely process removing them from the human rights council is not going to matter one jot to the saudi arabians. well it would be a very good 1st step that you can sort of go to a council that's guaranteeing human rights when you have violated all the time of the new own borders but then of course the international community needs to go so that they can be allowed to get away with these things for there to be no investigation no accountability their whole raft of diplomatic and sanctions measures that could be used and it would certainly be imposed against many other countries and it shouldn't be an exception made in the case of saudi arabia and we would never allow that in our national systems and and why should that apply at the international level what sort of punishment due to any talk about accountability what sort of thing could the international community do to punish saudi arabia to hold it to account what it is evidence of losing both in these abuses so that they could sit out there this is very mechanisms to investigate and prosecut

agnes calmar presented her report with circa what 6 months to compile presented it to the un human rights council so a very important day. very important indeed martin because when you talk to the united nations human rights council it's the fortunately for her to test waters and gauge reaction from countries about how to move forward she thinks she has gathered strong evidence implicating the subject government and that she needs more answers about the role of compress 100 been so many in the. end of this shift thinks that it's about time for an international criminal investigation to be launched in the times i spoke with a while ago about how to move forward and this is what she had to say the state is responsible ok we tease a state crime is something that the saudi authorities have yet to recognize once you have determined that the state is responsible where does that mean what tease the state so what i am saying now within the category of the state there are high level a few show us that are criminally response people for the crime it does not necessarily mean that they are responsible becau

human rights council on the 28th. patel eurabia is a part of that council a member of the u.n. human rights council how do you think this report is going to be received. i suspect saudi arabia is going to dismiss this that's just based on their activities since the death of mr shoji they've tried to delay things they've tried to come up with numerous different stories and this cuts through all of those stories and gives a pretty clear picture of what the special operator believed took place clearly the recommendations to other countries will be very interesting the united states to turkey and i think a big headache for the united nations i've already spoken to a source on the 38th floor here of u.n. headquarters that's where the 6 general had his office they are reading this they say that they only got it when we all got it so they are reading through their report looking how to respond was reminding you the secretary of the united nations has said i can't do anything i don't have the power because i need to get the mandate to set up an investigation from one of the big bodies o

does that's true so special wrapper tours are independent experts who are appointed by the human rights council which is the central human rights body of the united nations system and we are essentially appointed in order to monitor in to report on issues around particular areas of human rights around the world my area happens to be freedom of expression i do country visits i converse with governments all of the time and i do thematic reports on all sorts of issues so you investigate what's wrong and tell everyone about it completely and in terms of freedom of expression what are the rights of a global citizen and where do they come from so everybody enjoys rights to freedom of expression this is a global norm it's rooted in the universal declaration of human rights but also a set of binding treaties right treaties international agreements that states are bound to observe and it provides everyone with the right to seek receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless of frontiers and through any media everyone even in north korea everyone absolutely now that doesn't mean that go

a very horrible record of human rights protection can become members of the human rights council of the united nations it's very problematic that's what's happening as we speak now and we are just telling we're just saying that membership in the him advice council itself should be seen as a shield as a protection of other responsibilities of the government which are now well established for example by the 2 major reports that have been published by the un commission of inquiry in 20152016 however in spite of this well established record of the interim government we also see that becoming a member of the a member of the human rights council that's very sad indeed daniel methadone thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from geneva. here if you employees of a resident least 39 members of an arm hire a political party after a failed rebellion in the northern province on saturday dozens of people were killed in the attack and the fighting that followed thousands of mourners gathered for state funerals of 5 senior officials who were among the dead including the army chief of staff

now i think it's up to the human rights council it's up to the security council and indeed it's up to the security sector general himself to now move the ball and have a proper criminal investigation and then move the whole the the various individuals in saudi arabia responsible for the execution of a very very good journalist i don't expect a tremendous amount coming in the short term from the white house but i think that there is an opportunity for members of congress to weigh in and they can then pressure the white house to act in this case because if the white house does not do anything the saudis would think that what they did was was normal and what they think what they did was justifiable it's incredibly important that everyone from even as high as the crown prince be held responsible for the execution of jamal conservate well the u.s. state department says it's looking closely at the report and that it supports kalam mars mission to investigate extra judicial summary or arbitrary executions. has more from washington d.c. . well the statement from the u.s. state department that

happening you'll be presenting this column are this report i understand on june 26th to the un human rights councilwhich saudi arabia is a member of what do you think is going to happen what do you hope will happen now that you've released this report you know my report makes a friend of recommendations including to saudi arabia as a special rapporteur i am committed to establishing constructive relationship preserve the governments that i work with i have attempted to work with saudi arabia for the last 6 months they have not shown any interest in doing so or my reporting producer rancher every comment issues including with regard to the ongoing trial including with regard to said there. should take to demonstrate not a repetition which is a from them and told to mention of their responsibilities given that they have established that the responsibility of the state is involved so to arabia as minister of state for foreign affairs has rejected the reports higher than that was full of baseless allegations unclear contradictions he says only the kingdom has the authority to look into the case and tha

now i think it's up to the human rights council it's up to the security council and indeed it's up to the security sector general himself to now move the ball and have a proper criminal investigation and then move the whole the the various individuals in saudi arabia responsible for the execution of a very very good journalist i don't expect a tremendous amount coming in the short term from the white house but i think that there is an opportunity for members of congress to weigh in and they can then pressure the white house to act in this case because if the white house does not do anything the saudis would think that what they did was was normal and what they think what they did was justifiable it's incredibly important that everyone from even as high as the crown prince be held responsible for the execution of jamal conservate the u.s. state department says it's looking closely at the report and that it supports kalam mars mission to investigate extra judicial summary or arbitrary executions heightism castro has more from washington d.c. . well the statement from the u.s. state depa

human rights experts and the cause for an independent investigation with this statement to the un human rights council we have recorded a staggering number of unlawful deaths and police killings in the context of the so-called war on drugs as well as killings of human rights defenders they write the killings appear to happen in a climate of impunity and that concerns have been raised with to today's government 33 times over the last 3 years. the president has remained defiant when the international criminal court began examining the president's policies on drugs he withdrew from the court and he isn't 20173 singing the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings agnes kalama. that's why i told column art if you investigate me i'll slap you she is the lead signatory to this new statement. that even though you may be more are who don't ever. even don't present it heard this our lives are not even in charge of the legislature and even though there's not much of a challenge for institutional checks and balances at home at least internationally there could be a movement on that from. the 11 rights camp

human rights council pressure all of that of course is important will it lead to a very specific end well of course we don't know and apparently if the united states object or other if president trump objects we probably won't see anything actionable against saudi arabia except in the domain of public pressure right that is important as he builds up to the next election and what about him in the pressure on donald trump especially given that congress and the democrats are on his case. well the thing is nic it's not only the democrats i mean what's fascinating about this issue is that both democrats and republicans in the house and in the senate. norris united about this issue and about the need for the white house to you know step back and and maybe even walk back some of the flowery language it's been bestowing on saudi arabia phrasing the crown prince and them on the council and so forth so there is pressure within congress among republicans and democrats even the had of the senate foreign relations committee has been the probably the most outspoken republican against saudi arabia

whenever there is a resolution passed on human rights in china in the human rights council, most of theurope will not vote... you are reinstating what i said. china is obviously a permanent member of the un security council. we have seen 460 more resolutions passed to do with israeli— palestinian conflict on tibet just one because israeli— palestinian conflict on tibetjust one because china vetoes. they are very powerful. what can you do? appeal to all the democratic countries, you say you are committed for human rights, you say you are in support of nonviolence then you should support tibet issues. this model principle that you claim should be implemented... it is following on deaf years. the tibetan government in exile, the dalai lama, evenin government in exile, the dalai lama, even in is not supporting you. an analysis group in the us says that india tends to favour relations with china at least over tibetan issues in general. your host nation is not even backing you ? in general. your host nation is not even backing you? india has done the most fought tibetan people. the largest nu

his main advisers over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi envoy to the un un human rights council they accuse agnes kalam out of being prejudiced. excellences state trust sponsibility begs a question as to whom is or to metra be liable for each killing the inquiry was a human rights inquiry not a criminal investigation it was nevertheless found credible evidence wire and further investigation of the high level saudi officials individual liability including that of the crown prince of saudi arabia and obvious key advisor saudi. palestinians have rejected the u.s. administration's 50000000000 dollar economic proposal thousands of palestinians have been marching in protesting girls and in the occupied west bank senior advisor at the white house. veiled the proposals that a conference in bahrain and called it an opportunity of the century the iranian president hassan rouhani has rejected u.s. calls for talks saying he doesn't believe washington really wants to negotiate that's after the u.s. imposed sanctions targeted on iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei as well as other se

time after time say we're going underground as the un human rights council convenes to hear a report in the u.k. racism and xenophobia fueled by conservative liberal democrats will stare at a coming up of the show will a predicted post-breakfast house price crash ends of the age of property speculation the un special rapporteur on the right to housing they money for a explains why you can't afford a home of your own and is no experience really required we investigate whether tory government outsourcing and incompetence is promoting sex trafficking and slavery in 21st century britain plus within days of the shed your old one and a half 1000 for us execution since its 1976 really is a sion the artist on death row who created off to prevent the color being taken from his mind all the civil coming up in today's going on to grab a 1st while a fraction of a percent of british electors choose who will be britain's next prime minister it is obvious. important to remember the warnings during the u.k. leadership crisis made by the also rans his foreign secretary jeremy hunt on an imminent thre

lasting improvement in the human rights situation so still take all the information that she's managed to gather over the past 3 days and presented to the un human rights council where she's expected to submit a report in the next month. what do you expect to happen there. well the reports that we've seen so far have been just as tough as they were under michelle batchelor's pre-disaster they certainly haven't been pulling any punches and in her last speech back in march to the council members were and she spoke about extrajudicial killing and she spoke about torture excessive use of force in repressing demonstrations i think that line will continue but the initial reactions to her closing statement as she was leaving the country this evening just just before we went on air in fact the initial reaction from the opposition has not been very good she was very conciliatory towards the government she spoke about victims on both sides and she went out of her way to praise mottos. efforts to improve the situation so the opposition is probably not going to look too kindly on her in the immediate aftermath of this was an ok full dance and we thank you very much for jo

the secretary general and other parts of the united nations as well the security council the human rights council you know us go there's a there's a lot of good recommendations are about how to take this forward but beyond the united nations there actually needs to be more action taken by individual states to implement real political consequences on saudi arabia for this horrific act even though there was widespread international condemnation and outrage when the details of her murder came to light that hasn't so far translated to actual political consequences for saudi arabia and why do you think that is. perhaps because of other interests really in relations with saudi arabia so here in the u.k. for example arms sales seems to be given more importance we were really disappointed by jeremy hunt's decision as foreign secretary to encourage germany to rethink its ceasing arms sales with saudi arabia we've called on the u.k. to seize arms sales with saudi arabia that's not really in keeping with his stated priority focus on media freedom through the global media freedom campaign this year but it's

well agnes kalamata special ruppert appointed by the un human rights council is an independent expert of the united nations she doesn't though represent the body that is the secretary general she makes a recommendation to him that because this is getting nowhere with the saudi investigation with saudi justice that he should set up his own criminal investigation and he says he has the power to do this he has said no i don't need a referral from one of the bodies of the united nations one of the key assemblies the general assembly the security council human rights council and a referral from a member state she says that's not the case who's right i pressed the official spokesperson of the secretary general. the special rapporteur is an eminent legal expert the secretary general is not a lawyer there are other lawyers who agree with her he has the power to do this what is i sing this is his no one doubts. credentials this is from our. this is the secretary its position this is the secretary general's basis based on what a legal advice can they see the legal advice if there is legal and.

human rights council in geneva accuse the investigator agnes kalama of being prejudiced jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul last october. palestinians have rejected the u.s. administration's $50000000000.00 economic proposal thousands of palestinians have been knowledge ing in protesting gaza and in the occupied west bank senior adviser jared cushnie unveiled the proposals at a conference in bahrain and called them an opportunity of the century. now food aid has started to arrive for refugees who've been forced out of their homes by fierce fighting in eastern democratic republic of call. but aid workers a still struggling to reach tens of thousands of others who are trapped in areas where rival militias have been attacking villages catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring uganda where many congolese have fled. $7000.00 congolese have come to this calm for safety on the shores of lake the ugandan boda they've escaped from fighting in the eastern province of the tory in the democratic republic most of them want to cross into uganda but have lost ev

human rights council convenes to hear a report in the u.k. racism and xenophobia fuelled by conservative liberal democrats will stare at a coming up on the show will a predicted post-breakfast house price crash and to the age of property speculation the un special rapporteur on the right to housing they learn a foreign explains why you can't afford a home of your own and is no experience really required we investigate whether tory government outsourcing and incompetence is promoting sex trafficking and slavery in 21st century britain plus within days of the shed your old one and a half 1000 for us execution since its 1976 really is ation the artist on death row who created after to prevent the color being taken from his mind all the small coming up in today's going on to grab a 1st while a fraction of a percent of british electors choose who will be britain's next prime minister it is arguably important to remember the warnings join the u.k. leadership crisis made by the all surrounds his foreign secretary jeremy hunt on an imminent threat to

does that's true so special wrapper tours are independent experts who are appointed by the human rights council which is the central human rights body of the united nations system and we are essentially appointed in order to monitor in to report on issues around particular areas of human rights around the world my area happens to be freedom of expression i do country visits i converse with governments all of the time and i do thematic reports on all sorts of issues so you investigate what's wrong and tell everyone about completely you know and in terms of freedom of expression what are the rights of a global citizen whether they come from so everybody enjoys rights to freedom of expression this is a global norm it's rooted in the universal declaration of human rights but also a set of binding treaties right treaties international agreements that states are bound to observe and it provides everyone with the right to seek receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless of frontiers and through any media everyone even in north korea everyone absolutely now that doesn't mean that g

does that's true so special wrapper tours are independent experts who are appointed by the human rights council which is the central human rights body of the united nations system and we are essentially appointed in order to monitor in to report on issues around particular areas of human rights around the world my area happens to be freedom of expression i do country visits i converse with governments all of the time and i do thematic reports on all sorts of issues so you investigate what's wrong and tell everyone about it completely and in terms of freedom of expression what are the rights of a global citizen whether they come from so everybody enjoys rights to freedom of expression this is a global norm it's rooted in the universal declaration of human rights but also a set of binding treaties treaties international agreements that states are bound to observe and it provides everyone with the right to seek receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless of frontiers and through any media everyone even in north korea everyone absolutely now that doesn't mean that governments a

does so special wrapper tours are independent experts who are appointed by the human rights council which is the. central human rights body of the united nations system and we are essentially appointed in order to monitor in to report on issues around particular areas of human rights around the world my area happens to be freedom of expression i do country visits i converse with governments all of the time and i do thematic reports on all sorts of issues so you investigate what's wrong and tell everyone about it completely and in terms of freedom of expression what are the rights of a global citizen and where do they come from so everybody enjoys rights to freedom of expression this is a global norm it's rooted in the universal declaration of human rights but also a set of binding treaties treaties international agreements that states are bound to observe and it provides everyone with the right to seek receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless of frontiers and through any media everyone even in north korea everyone absolutely now that doesn't mean that governments a

human rights council has enlisted eritrea as a member of its council what is the justification for this and how does that make you feel salaam cabana once you hear the stories from the refugees you've been dealing with. it's actually quite disparaging it shouldn't be surprising but it is it shouldn't be surprising. given the to the other countries on that list of members as well but as an eritrean and knowing intimately what goes on in eritrea it's it is indeed it's very shocking it's saddening it also is makes a mockery of the system that is meant to monitor human rights respect for human rights at the highest level globally to be you know for one of the member states or we're looking this work to be one of the the the most objects violators so it's surprising it's shocking and it's sad. i want to bring it down to the basics here very few people know exactly what is going on inside eritrea and if you could sum up for us what what is happening in eritrea what is happening to the.

human rights council accuse agnes connemara of being prejudice. i saw has claimed responsibility for attacks in egypt that left several police officers dead the armed group rated for military checkpoints in the northern sinai region 7 police officers in 4 i saw fighters died in the raids. hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire in spain's catalonia region 26 people living in isolated farms have been evacuated as the blaze continues to spread more than 3000 had to have been burnt and they are fears a current heat wave may help spread further in the us is a warning turkey will face sanctions if it goes ahead with the purchase of a russian missile defense system nato allies have met in brussels to talk about their stand off the 1st delivery of the russian s $400.00 to sim is suing turkey next month those are the headlines al-jazeera world continues next. so that you will see me on the bus on i have a southern boy but i mean that's. a lot more. of a take you on it but it's not a. sort of. individual and. conclude from want to accept it as you

findings of the report and the presentation she's making as we speak at the united nations human rights council is the need to look for new in the counties to protect journalists and to vigils and where the international community has to be involved to ensure that this does not happen in the future and that anyone who's going to be involved in the wrongdoings or the killing of journalists have to be brought before justice. thank you very much. we move on hong kong democracy campaign as a staging a sit in in the city center it's the latest action that demonstrates demonstrators say is intended to keep the momentum going over the china extradition bill frist held a crowd funding exercise on wednesday to pay for advertisement in newspapers around the world they raised more than $800000.00 in just 9 hours sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong's extradition bill at this particular rally targeting concerts more than 10 all up europe canada the united states and japan are included and the aim of this.

special rapporteur i was kalama will present her final report on casualties death to the un human rights council on wednesday she's already pushing for an independent investigation victoria the reports. as a matthew hedges came to geneva to deliver a warning that all for terri an oil rich state such as saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are in their words flagrantly violating human rights and that the international community must do more to hold the leaders of these countries to account chang is fiance jamal has shows he was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october she's called on the un to take action over his killing. for her this is an outrageous murder well beyond money on oil policies if the u.n. and other major international organizations do not follow up such incidents all murders then who would do it. hedges is the british academic who was jailed last year on charges of spying in the u.a.e. he was in solitary confinement and now says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder the president pardoned him after a campaign by his wife stays panelists myself inc

human rights council later mcbride sets up that story for us from seoul. a full ceremonial welcome to saudi arabia's crown prince all a visit to south korea mohamed bin salmond wants deeper trade ties but also to rebuild his and his country's international reputation. it's his 1st trip abroad since a report by a un special rapporteur accused saudi arabia of being responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul last year it was a verdict the brought this response from chris show she's fiance well documented and. we need to underline that this is not an exceptional situation and this is not the 1st crime committed by saudi arabia we gathered here to make sure that this will be the last incidence a crime committed by saudi arabia. killing may have been condemned by other countries and international bodies but from south korea there has been little criticism the government of president moon j.n. seems to have no intention of bringing up the issue here instead signing a range of proposed deals that could lead to billi

human rights experts and the cools for an independent investigation with this statement to the un human rights council we have recorded a staggering number of unlawful deaths and police killings in the context of the so-called war on drugs as well as killings of human rights to find they right the killings appear to happen in a climate of impunity and that concerns have been raised with to today's government 33 times over the last 3 years. the president has remained defiant when the international criminal court began examining the president's policies on drugs he withdrew from the court and he isn't 20173 singing the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings agnes kalama. that's why i told column art if you investigate me i'll slap you she is the lead signatory to this new statement. that even though you may be more are ever. even don't present it heard this our lives are not even in charge of the legislature and even though there's not much of a challenge for checks and balances at home at least internationally there are good men that run. the livin rights campaign is timed this statement a hit

human rights council. saudi arabia is a member of the council.t do you think is going to happen. what do you hope will happen now that you have released this report? >> my report makes recommendations, including two saudi arabia. establishing ato constructive relationship with the government that i work with. i have attempted to work with saudi arabia for the last six months. they have not shown any interest in doing so. my recommendations regarding the trial, including the fact that saudi arabia should demonstrate , aps of non-repetition dimension of their i haveibilities given established the responsibility of the state is involved. saide turkish president those responsible will pay the price. says the report, the un .he saudis are guilty now they pay the price for this. they will be held accountable. >> we are following the story from istanbul. >> saudi reaction to the report issued by the un was expected. the government does not seem to be pleased with the chilling details that were presented in the report, and also about the fact it implicat

at a united nations human rights council, former president jimmy carter spoke about his views on theection, suggesting donald trump lost the election and was put into office because the russians interfered on his behalf. this comes weeks after special counsel mueller concluded his investigation. the supreme court has refused to consider alabama

special investigator told the bodies human rights council. report calls for a criminal inquiry into the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man himself as well as one of his main advisers. excellences state. begs a question as to whom easer to metra be liable for each killing. the inquiry was a human rights inquiry not a criminal investigation it does nevertheless found credible evidence wire and further investigation of the high level saudi officials individual liability including that of the crown prince of saudi arabia and obvious key advisor so delicate time. well in response saudi arabia has accused the un investigator of prejudice. see that what is we are amongst the $36.00 countries that have complied with all the obligations under the human rights mechanisms that in kalamata as breach procedures that need to be adopted given to the special repertoire this is something which has skewed the procedures as part of the procedures and trials in saudi arabia we don't believe she has respected her mandate in full integrity and therefore has

human rights council which saudi arabia is a member of what do you think is going to happen what do you hope will happen now that you've released this report you know my report makes a friend of recommendations including to saudi arabia as a special rapporteur i am committed to establishing constructive relationship preserve the governments that i work with i have attempted to work with saudi arabia for the last 6 months they have not shown any interest in doing so or my reporting crowds around every commendations including with regard to the ongoing trial including with regard to. take to demonstrate not a repetition which is a from them and told to mention of their responsibilities given that they have established that the responsibility of the state is involved while we have 3 reporters standing by with reaction and analysis is outside the saudi consulate in istanbul mike hanna is in washington d.c. but 1st we go to our diplomatic editor james space at the united nations james a damning report the facts of the investigation are now very clear and revealing but is there anything new i

human rights council which saudi arabia is a member of what do you think is going to happen what do you hope will happen now that you've released this report you know my report makes a friend of recommendations including to saudi arabia as a special rapporteur i am committed to establishing constructive relationship preserve the governments that i work with i have attempted to work with saudi arabia for the last 6 months of not only interested in doing saw my reporting produce a range of recommendations including with regard to the ongoing trial including with regard to said the saudi arabia should take to demonstrate not a repetition which is a from them and told dimension of their responsibilities given that they have established that the responsibility of the state using board or saudi arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs has rejected the report. says it was full of baseless allegations and clear contradictions he says only the kingdom has the authority to look into the case and that riyadh retains the right to take legal action in response to the findings bara has more fro

ukrainian delegates have walked out of a meeting of a european based human rights body after russia's voting rights were restored the council of europe which isn't linked to the e.u. suspended moscow 5 years ago after the next to the ukrainian territory of crimea ukraine says there should be no concessions to russia until it gives up crimea russia's foreign minister welcomes the council's announcement. with the should we consider this a very very positive step it is important that the delegations that voted for this resolution and they constitute the majority clearly stated that the rights should return to the russian federal. former u.s. special counsel robert muller will publicly testify before 2 congressional committees next month miller issued a report in april and russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and in a statement last month he raised questions over whether donald trump had obstructed justice but said a sitting president can't be charged with a crime has the details from washington. some new information coming out that now former special counsel robert muller is going to testify before 2 house commit

the 11 rights campaign is timed this statement ahead of the un human rights council opening a new session in geneva this month challenge bellus al-jazeera. excuse me voters and. give me a vote isn't ca's like stalin or going to the polls on sunday to choose a new president for the 1st time in almost 30 years the interim president has been handpicked by the country's former leader but as robin forrester walker reports from almaty a growing youth movement has other ideas. old men have been running kazakstan 3 years and people here are now being asked to vote for another one. but younger kazakhs getting other ideas elsewhere. this post went viral exposing the absurdity of a political system where even a blank ballot lands you in trouble and i did not get rid of any of that one activism has grown rapidly since president nursultan nazarbayev resigned in march after 30 years. there. and the lot further on his chosen successor. is expected to win on sunday in what many say is a managed election. but some activists are calling on voters to boycott the poll saying it won't change anything this rel