human rights record. it's a country to which is try to gain global standing politically economically. it wants to remember the o s t o e d c, d was on the human rights council at the moment of the un. it tries to, you have a polished international reputation, but in reality, freedom of expression within reassembly of both short and under foot in kazakhstan . unfortunately, 3 of the media to the no opposition passes is never been in a free election since 9 since the early 1990. so indeed, it's a serious human rights abuses. so in that sense, the protest with spock this, the series of violence and demonstrations in the last 4 days, and not surprising to us. unfortunately, it's a tricky one for countries outside the region though, isn't it? we have russia as a near neighbor leading this, this military alliance to help put down what is clearly a violent unrest and we have the, the western world on the right, the world outside. so looking on the saying, well let's, let's call for restrains and you don't really want to go it with that. that seems to be no way of doing anything about it beyond just saying, can we all, please come down? i mean want you to understan

violations from international human rights groups like human rights watch and other groups, they see these document asians and reports even coming from u.n. human rights councilbout -- that show there is widespread violation. in some of them, that could amount to war crimes, in yemen. yet these states in europe and the u.s., these world leaders continue to support parties to the conflict without any consideration to the human life and human cost in the conflict. it is bizarre and frustrating. the bias that you see at the moment, while the yemenis are being bombed since the uae was attacked on 17 of january. it tells you how the international community is under pressure and being biased to saudi arabia and the uae thanks to their big influence. >> let us talk about that. our guest in washington, d.c. and our other said this could go on for another 10 years. however, is there any thinking in the uae right now, given the litany of human rights abuses we have just heard about, given the escalation into uae territory, that enough is enough and we do need to stop this war because it is coming to our doorstep? the system is working, the uae have managed to destroy t

ensuring but people, if it's so much minimum so why, why did you reject a plan by the you and human rights council to discuss what he called the grave human rights situation in your country in geneva, on december, the 17th. well, that's coming up on discussing the issue, you know, no, i think i'm happy to do that id and then i think some countries discussing about african and the 2nd thing is we have our company and we have a so that they can be yes, we have mr recommendation by for me in the committee. and that's not where we have taken it. why, why now? why not? what have you gotten too high? what has you made given this is not, you know, whether any model it has to be it, it has to be put on and, and investigated without discrimination where we have added to it won't happen. you know, if, if there is, there is about a quarter and we think life other african countries are doing that. i part of that is big, nothing waiting. you tell me call. when you can please understand that we have some of the due diligence committee and we haven't been in touch with district and, and the same time i don't kno

why did you reject a plan by the you and human rights council to discuss what he called the grave human rights situation in your country in geneva, on december, the 17th? well, that's coming up on discussing the issue. you know, i'll be happy to do that id and then i think some countries is getting about i'm pretty can and the 2nd thing is we have our company and we have so many years we have limited recommendations by for me in the community. and that's not where we have taken it. why? why now? and why not? what have you got to hide? what he may give you? this is not, you know, whether it is and you might think about it, it has to be it, it has to be put on and, and without discrimination where we don't, we don't happen, you know, if, if there are with about us and we life either because we are doing that. i part of that is big, nothing waiting. you tell me because we have some of the do the, the images for me and we have to take it. we haven't been with district and, and the same time. i don't know because i will the fact that and number of variations in a number of cds. and what is t

content but people, if it's so much minimum, why, why did you reject a plan by the you and human rights council to discuss what he called the grave human rights situation in your country in geneva, on december, the 17th. well, that's coming up on discussing the issue. you know, i'll be happy to do that in and then african countries discussing about african and the 2nd thing is we have our company and we have a so that's what they can be. yes, we have some people who missed the recommendation by for me, for me. and that's not where we have taken it. why, why now? and why not? what have you to hide? what has he made given you? this is not, you know, whether it and you might think about it, it has to be it, it has to be put on and, and without discrimination where we don't, we don't happen. you know, if, if there is, there is an issue with about a quarter and we think about life either because we have doing that on a part of that is not the way you tell me call. i think we have accepted some of the do they do end up taking. we haven't been with district in and the same time, i don't know because i

universal declaration of human rights and the international covenant of political rights as well as some of these more soft law declarations that have come from the human rights councilthe internet, there is a nearly robust structure out there that protects these rights, and these structures do not necessarily discriminate between off-line rights and online rights. one of the things we have consistently called for is cash as an organization is that the rights available to people in an off-line setting be respected in the online context. that means there's some translation that needs to happen in terms of moving away from one place to another, but we also do not want to create a new rights framework when the rights frameworks that already exist would provide robust protection. >> would you agree that there are already systems in place, and it does not need to be codified centrally? >> i would say there are lots of protections and lots of safeguards established in international law that do guarantee those rights. where the challenge comes is in the interpretation of these fundamental rights that exist but also in holding companies accountable. as much as governments ha

human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to examine abuses in ethiopia's conflict. investigators say they received credible reports that all sides are committing violations against civilians. in the u.s., a former minneapolis police officer apologized in court for the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop. she is facing charges of manslaughter for the death. she claims she meant to draw her taser instead of her gun. the seventh round of talks aimed at reviving the 2015 iran nuclear deal concluded in austria's capitol. the agreement sees iran limit its nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief. the u.s. says it is prepared to talk to russia about its demands to curb nato activity in eastern europe. moscow announced proposals calling on nato to restrict activities in former soviet countries. and thousands of tunisians have been protesting on the 11th anniversary of the arab spring revolution. crowds and rallies both for and against the president. those are the headlines on al jazeera. more news on our website at al jazeera.com. coming

intensive lobby and managed to bring to an end the only human rights mechanism that has existed in the last few years under the human rights council. there was a panel of experts investigating this that these report, but um they managed to get enough men to stay to she'll down, you know, this investigation. so since then these attacks on civilians and this airstrikes have increased dramatically and there is no end in sight. but within a month of taking off as u. s. president biden had promised to push for ending the war in yemen, partly back by cutting off arms sales to saudi arabia. why isn't that happened? isn't there a collective failure here? collective responsibility? a failure from countries like the united states. it's a failure from the not only do it to stay inside, but the permanent members of the school to cancel the realities. that all the 5 members, instead of cooperating to try and find a way on how to compel the saudis to, and the war in yemen and compelled the yamini sides in order to enter in good faith in a political process. you know, to end the strife um, they in fact have been competing for lucrative contracts

we've had to turn to other parts of united nations initially to the human rights council in geneva, where it was possible to establish a commission of inquiry that began to be go to work and in 2011. and it's been going on for a for 10 years, but that's not enough. so in the u. s. and in 2012 and i started pushing the idea that we, we should support a n g o investigations that were there were truly robust. that would do it like scotland yard in the u. k. would do or, or the f, b i, or like the investigative arms of the, of the tribunals where i was at work where i was a prosecutor ah, evidence to support such tribunals has been painstaking me, gathered together and stood in this secret location. so this isn't one of 2 evidence rooms we have in the headquarters. this one has, i think up to 260 boxes. these are the documents that can hold the syrian states to account. ah, ah, the boxes contain, from 80024000 pages, depends on their how they were collected inside syria, and will contain either hand return or printed documents in this particular box. so we have interrogation reports, so they

the you and human rights council is investigating allegations of widespread rights abuse, including illegal detention torture and sexual abuse. and there's been growing international pressure on prime minister. obey. uh huh. 2 in the fighting. the outgoing us envoy met ave on friday shortly before the pardons were announced. all right, let's bring in our guests in london. i will alo, senior lecturer in law at kill university in oslo, cateel turnville, professor of peace and conflict studies at oslo new university college and in the hague adam. cuz he abbe program officer at the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. welcome to the program. we contacted ministers, an spokespeople from the ethiopian government, but they didn't respond to our interview requests. adam, let me start with you to day this air strike came just a day after the government announced that high profile political prisoners would be pardoned and released her. that was to include some leaders of the t p l f. what kind of message does it send to announced pardons and releases one day and then conduc

universal declaration of human rights and the international coverage and civil political rights as well as some of these more soft law decorations that have come from human rights council on the internet. there is a fairly robust structure out there that protects these rights, and these structures do not necessarily discriminate between an offline right and on one of the things we've consistently call for it as an organization. is that the recognition of the race that are available to people in an offline standing with their comes freedom of the media, freedom of speech, right, to privacy, he respected in the online context. that means there is some translation that needs to happen in terms of moving right from one place to the other. but we want a whole sill trying to create a new right framework. what actually the rates frameworks that already exists would provide robust protections of the sites. would you agree middle of the pottery that there are already. busy systems in place that doesn't need to be codified centrally . yeah, i would say that there are lots of protections and lots of stamps. safeguards, establishing international law that do guarantee those rights

agreement, reversed the decision to withdraw from the world health organization rejoined the un human rights council and ended, trump so called muslim bun biden has been much more aggressive against russia than donald trump ever. woods. trump are also maligned and i strongly criticized longstanding us allies and partners, french like france, germany, canada. biden's taken very much the opposite approaches. emphasis on strengthening us relations with longstanding allies and partners, democratic allies and partners. people knew donald trump was about to disruption america. first, appealing to his biggs, joe biden won the oval office by being the anti donald trump, a man who had bring consistency and stability to american foreign policy. but allies are concerned that in 3 years time, a new president might up and everything again. and a medica will be back to the uncertainty of a trump style presidency. alan fisher al jazeera at the white house. frank lance is a communications analyst and a republican pollster. he explains once gone badly for by it will. the issue is that he's much less devices in his p

and i've raised it before the human rights council and for the general assembly is that corporations are part of the problem. so how is it that we would allow the people and the organizations that have created the problems are far food system. also be part of the solution. and my, what i've argued and many of are you, i'm sort of, i'm representing the call that comes out from many communities is to say, you start with holding the people who cause the problem accountable. there needs to be accountability. first, 2nd, the solutions do not come from the people that caused the problems. the solutions come from the people that make our food in the 1st place, from the farmers, from the workers, from the past or from the fishes, from the, from people's communities themselves. and so to work with a corporation is to say to acquiesce to existing structures and to say, well at best, what we can do is reform when what is needed is a fundamental transformation of power structures within our food system. so working with working with corporations, i mean to use the old term, i mean, but it's appro

saudi intensive lobbying managed to bring to an end the only human rights mechanism that has existed the last few years under the human rights councilere was a panel of experts investigating this report. but they managed to get an f member states to shoot down this investigation. since then, these attacks on civilians and these airstrikes have increased dramatically and there is no end in sight. anchor: within a month of taking office, u.s. president biden had promised to push for ending the war in yemen, partly by cutting off arms sales to saudi arabia. why hasn't that happened? isn't there a collective failure here, collective responsibility, a failure from countries like the united states? >> it is a failure from not only the united states said, but the permanent members of the council. the reality is that all the five members, instead of cooperating to try and find a way on how to compel the saudi's to end their war in yemen, and compel the yemeni side to enter in good faith and a political process, to end the strife, they in fact have been competing for lucrative contracts with saudi arabia. so, the highest body in the world, t

we've had to turn to other parts of united nations initially to the human rights council in geneva, where it was possible to establish a commission of inquiry that began to be go to work and in 2011. and it's been going on for a for 10 years, but that's not enough. so in the u. s. and in 2012 and i started pushing the idea that we, we should support a n g o investigations that were there were truly robust. that would do it like scotland yard in the u. k. would do or, or the f, b i, or like the investigative arms of the, of the tribunals where i was at work where i was a prosecutor ah, evidence to support such tribunals has been painstaking me, gathered together and stood in this secret location. ah. so this isn't one of 2 evidence rooms we have in the headquarters. this one has, i think, up to 260 boxes. these are the documents that can hold the syrian states to account. ah, ah, the boxes contain, from 80024000 pages, depends on their how they were collected inside syria, and will contain either hand return or printed documents in this particular box. so we have interrogation reports, so

that was andrea sheila, from the european council unconstitutional and human rights in berlin. sketch up on some other stories making headlines. dame a fire in a slum district near the northern chile and city of k has destroyed more than 100 homes fire cruise struggled to bring the blaze under control because there were no hydrants close to the densely packed illegal dwellings. at least 400 people were evacuated to a nearby school. us drug maker, pfizer and his partner biotech, are working on a back seen targeting the only cron variance of the grotto virus and expect to have it ready by march. the companies says it's already manufacturing doses due to keen interest from government. the highly contagious ami kron has driven up the number of new cases in many regions. thousands of protesters turned out across germany on monday evening to oppose the government's current of iris measures. the country has toughened to stance against the backs, unaided shutting them out of restaurants and public venues. protest against social restrictions and vaccines have been held every monday for the las

international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticized the security council as approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the drone attack, on abu dhabi, the secretary general of the united nations, antonio terrace, has addressed the cottage and saddam and other attacks and who he controlled areas . he is called for prompt, effective, and transparent investigations. james rose al jazeera, the united notions of the civil warn yeoman is turned into the world. worse humanitarian crisis. infrastructure has been ruined the medical system as all but collapse, and millions of people are growing hungry in the our world's poorest country, or a port by view and development program estimates that the war killed 377000 people by the end of last year both through violence and indirectly because of hunger and disease. more than 5000000 people are on the brink of famine and 50000, others are living in famine like conditions. about half the country doesn't have access to enough food. conflict is also forced 4600000 jamini to flee their homes

international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticize the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the drone attack, on abu dhabi, the secretary general of the united nations, antonio terrace, has addressed the cottage and saddam and other attacks and who he controlled areas . he's called for prompt, effective, and transparent investigations. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. well, humans who if he health minister, has appealed to the international community for medical aid. and he accuse these started the coalition of deliberately targeting civilians. national judy and i could be arrested then we are looking at a very big crime and there's a green light from the americans to kill civilians. you know, that's what we see. what the targeting of the attention center inside the province and the continuous killing of civilians, war criminals, escape prosecution. and consider this a war crime against humanity within the world should take responsibility at this critical moment in human history. we are

international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticize the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the drone attack on abu dhabi, the secretary general of the united nations, antonio terrace, has addressed the cottage and saddam and other attacks and who controlled areas. he's called for prompt, effective and transparent investigations. james bowes al jazeera, at the united nations. having civil war has turned into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the un development program estimates 377000 people died by the end of last year from violence, hunger, and disease. more than 5000000 people are on the brink of famine or on half of the population doesn't have enough food for and a half 1000000 giveaways have been forced from their homes with nearly 3 and a half 1000. and the 1st 2 weeks of this year of the saudi coalition is cause most of the devastation, the who these have been accused of using child soldiers and placing landmines across the country. yemen through the health minister, has appealed to the

international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticized the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the drone attack on abu dhabi, the secretary general of the united nations, antonio terrace, has addressed the cottage and saddam and other attacks and who controlled areas. he's called for prompt, effective and transparent investigations. james bowes al jazeera at the united nations. while yemen civil war has turned into the world's worst humanitarian crisis, infrastructure has been ruined. the medical system has all but collapsed and millions are going hungry. in the balls forest, country airy, forced by the un development program, estimates that the war kills 377000 people by the end of last year, both through violence and indirectly through hunger and disease. more than $5000000.00 people are on the brink of famine and $50000.00 are living in time. in like conditions around half the country doesn't have access to enough food. the conflict has also forced more than 4 and a half 1000000 year, many to flee t