u.n. human rights commission just released a report talking about the dangers that these robots present to the global community as well as to the report's author christoph haynes went so far as to call for a world wide at war a tory and on the testing production assembly transfer acquisition deployment and use of these machines so let's examine this report in just little bit more detail according to the findings of this report the u.s. the u.k. israel south korea and japan have all developed different types of fully or sin my autonomy robotic happens now there are two major types of robotic weapons here's a quick look at that the first is a major type that's very popular these days unmanned combat aerial vehicles better known as you can have you avi's or drones these machines are simmias on a miss meaning that they don't need a pilot in the seat but that there is some type of human controller in a room somewhere monitoring this robot and making its decisions for it now the second type is the one that the u.n. report is actually most wary about liesl a time it's robotics bars short these ma

u.n. human rights commission which the syrian rebels may have used the deadly sarin nerve gas here is a leading u.n. investigators saying she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect. weakness destroy any that. that made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular. and what was. what appear. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rebels and we have no no indication at tool that the government authority of the city government has used chemical weapons that i was admitted to provide that. first the first indication we got they were about the use of never been gassed by the opening to that the white house said we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there certainly evidence that they were that the our side was responsible end of quote so it seems that the white house is dismissive of evidence that could suggest the use of chemical weapons by the rebels by the way after this statement by the u.n. human rights investigator make headlines all over th

u.n. human rights commission wish that the syrian rebels may have used the deadly sarin nerve gas here is a leading u.n. investigators saying she was quote stupefied by the evidence chemical weapons were used in particular. in what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rebels and we have no no indication at tool of government authority of the city government have used chemical weapons but i was happy to be stupefied that. first the first indication we got they were about the use of never opening to that the white house said we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there certainly evidence that they were the our side was responsible end of quote so it seems that the white house is dismissive of evidence that could suggest the use of chemical weapons by the rebels. and joseph probably a socialist equality policy in the u.s. believes america is turning a blind eye to extremist groups fighting in the rebel ranks within the political establishment here in the united states the democrats republicans are basically u

u.n. human rights commission wish that the syrian rebels may have used the deadly sarin nerve gas here is a leading u.n. investigators saying she was quote stupefied by the evidence chemical weapons were used in particular. in what was. what appear. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rebels and we have no no indication at tool of government authority of the syrian government has used chemical weapons but i was happy to be stupefied that. the first the first indication we got they were about the use of neverin gas by that opening to that the white house said we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there certainly evidence that they were the our side was responsible end of quote so it seems that the white house is dismissive of evidence that could suggest the use of chemical weapons by the rebels. dot com where asking you what would happen if evidence of chemical weapon usage incriminates opposition fighters and let's now see how you've been voting so far so the situation is changing slightly compared to last hour nearly around

u.n. human rights commission condemned the siege of qusair.day the european union lifted the arms embargo on the syrian opposition with russia objecting to both moves, threatening to send sophisticated antiaircraft missiles to the assad regime, upping the ante in case the obama administration decides to order air strikes or set up a no-fly zone. senator mccain thinks the obama administration ought to be more. he says his trip was funded by the administration and the senior senator from arizona joins us tonight. you're the first senior senator to visit syria since the conflict began two years ago. what was it like to be there? >> it was a very moving experience to meet these fighters who have been struggling now for over two years, and they're very aware of the battlefield situation and they're very disturbed about the dramatic influx of hezbollah fighters, more iranians, and of course, stepped-up activities of bashar al assad. >> which rebel group or groups did you meet with and what specifically was their message to you? >> general idris, who

process of calling attention to the human rights abuses in no north korea was the decision mailed be the u.n. human rights council in march of this year to create a commission human rights in the dprk. the u.s. actively supported the discussion of the north korean human rights situation and the human rights council in the general assembly. for over ten years now we have had annual debates in both the general aassembly and human rights couple on north korean human rights and we have had resolutions adopted in the general assembly and in the human rights council in general have no extra, calling for improvementness -- improvements in human rights. we appointed a special investigator to report on human rights abuses and a special report annually to both the general assembly and the human rights council. last october, the special investigator on the situation of human rights in north korea, in his report to the general assembly, identified nine disturbing underlying patterns violations of the right to food, the right to life, torture,ary temporary detention, freedom of movement. after a comprehensive review of all the u.n. reports on north korea, over the last

terms of the process of calling attention to the human rights abuses in north korea was the decision made by the u.n. human rights council to create a commission of inquiry, on human rights. the united states actively supported the discussion, of the north korean human rights situation and the human rights council of the general assembly. for 10 years, we have had debates in the general assembly in the human rights council on north korean human rights, with resolutions adopted in the general assembly and in geneva calling for a new mint -- improvement in human rights. and through this process of -- we had a special -- to report on human rights abuses, and it may have reported annually to the general assembly and the human rights council. with human rights there were nine with theg pattern, freedom of movement and after a of theensive review, all reports on north korea over the last several years, they have called for the creation of document these abuses that he has called attention to. the high commissioner for human rights also said that it was time to create an inquiry mechanism to look closer at north korea. report that in march, the unite

u.n. official on a commission investigating syrian human rights abuses said that the rebels had used theseapons. the white house disagrees with that. and in fact, other u.n. officials disagree with that. there is still considerable uncertainty. the evidence isn't clear. accidental use. authorized. what was the chain of custody. we do know a couple of dozen people are dead. and show signs of chemical poison and sarin poisoning but it is still uncertain nothing that would actually justify the massive invasion some senators are calling for. >> bill: when the president says it is a game changer or it is a -- the use of chemical weapons, isn't it kind of awkward to have to go back once we find chemical evidence and try to redefine what the red line means? >> the intention here. the red line was never meant to be a tripwire. it was never meant to be an excuse to go to war. it was designed to deter assad from conducting the kind of massive chemical attack that saddam hussein used in 1988 in the town of if a la gentleman killing 4,000 people. really trying to prevent mass destruction. that's actua

u.n. experts, the inter-american commission on human rights, they have requested access and have continuously been denied. it is the red cross only that is allowed access to the base. >> i want to plug the report once more. there is an interesting discussion about the role of the red cross at guantanamo, and about a particular disagreement within the highest levels of that organization about how it was going to deal with what it found at guantanamo and abu ghraib. the discussion about the resignation of the director early on, because of the way the administration at that time was trying to politicize the fact that there were red cross visits and make it sound as though the red cross had in fact sanctioned what is going on at these facilities, when in reality the red cross evidently was appalled by what it was finding is a very interesting part of that report. >> let me say, having worked with the red cross before, as a soldier, i am sure the general knows this, too, the red cross' policy is to go to the lowest level of the chain of command and to report the infraction or infractions and see t

process of calling attention to the human rights abuses in north korea was the decision made by the u.n. human rights council of march of this year to create a commission of inquiry of human rights in the dprk. the u.s. activity supported the discussion of the north korean human rights situation and the human rights council and general assembly. e've had annual debates in the general assembly on north korea's human rights. we've had resolutions adopted calling for improvements in human rights. through this process appointed a to report on te cases and they reported to the general assembly and the human rights council. it was reported to the general assembly identified nine disturbing underlining patterns, violating the right to food, the right to life, freedom of movement. after a review of all of the u.n. reports on north korea over the last several years, he called for the creation of a mechanism of inquiry to further document these abuses he has called attention to. in january of this year, the commission for human rights also said it was time to create an inquiry mechanism to look further at north korea. i'm happy to report that in march the united

u.n. independent commission of inquiry on syria investigators have gathered testimonies of victims and doctors that field hospitals which indicated that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin is inquiry into human rights violations in syria is separate from the investigation monitored by u.n. secretary general ban ki moon which has now stalled the issue of possible chemical weapons use by the regime in damascus has been a key point in the u.s. and european countries stepping up their rhetoric of possible involvement in the conflict. a court in bahrain is sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years of imprisonment each they are all aged between sixteen and thirty four and have been charged for carrying out fire bomb attacks during anti-government protests which engulfed of the kingdom last year one of the lawyers claims his client was tortured to get a false confession the monarchy has been widely criticized for its violent suppression of protest rallies artie's lucy toughen off as more. this group of thirty one protesters as you said is aged roughly between sixteen and thirty four so you can imagine for the sixteen year olds this is an incredibly hefty sentence they all come from island in the no

u.n. experts, the injured- american commission on human rights, they have requested access and have continuously been denied. it is the red cross only that is allowed access to the base. >> i want to plug the report once more. there is an interesting discussion about the role of the red cross at guantanamo, and about a particular disagreement within the highest levels of that organization about how it was going to deal with what it found at guantanamo and at out great. the discussion about the directoron of the early on, because of the way the administration at that time was trying to politicize the fact that there were red cross visits and make it sound as though the red cross had in fact sanctioned what is going on at these facilities, when in reality the red cross evidently was appalled by what it was fighting is a very interesting part of that report. >> let me say, having worked with the red cross before, as a soldier, i am sure the general knows this, too, the red cross' policy is to go to the lowest level of the chain of command and to report the infraction or infractions and see them cor