many months a call from human rights groups for a panel of inquiry or a commission of inquiry set up by one of the main bodies of the un the general assembly the security council all the human rights council that is not what this is this is an initiative of dr agnes kalamata she holds an important un position as the special rapporteur on judicial executions arbitrary killings and summary killings now under the existing remit she can visit anywhere she wants and that's what she's doing she's going to turkey she is independent she is international because she's a u.n. experts so this in those terms is an independent international inquiry it's also worth noting that any special rapporteur when they go on a trip anywhere around the world at the end of it writes a report to the human rights council she so she will be representing a report but this is not a formal commission of inquiry having said that saudi arabia should be worried about this because she has already said in fact in an interview with me in november that given the senior figures that were involved in the killing she believes on the information that's publicly available that saudi arabia is culpable f

she will report her findings to the un human rights council. israel says it has plans to reprimand the irish setter it's in response to the irish parliament advancing legislation which if passed aims to criminalize any business that deals with illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the law is a disgrace and the u.s. senate has again failed to end the partial government shutdown now in his thirty fifth day the republican and democratic parties try to pass competing bills but neither had enough votes president trump is refusing to fund government departments until he gets billions of dollars for his mexico border wall those are the headlines on al-jazeera one on one east is next. and three. in war torn afghanistan. simply going to school can be a privilege. especially if you're a girl. and. two out of three girls don't attend school this is by billions of dollars in aid spent on education over the last two decades . i'm steve on this episode of what i want to use to reinvestigate why so many o

vienna convention on diplomatic relations the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. baseless politicize claims are brought against us for critical bodies and institution unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court the council ceases to be . are they of its name we will commence a review of all international agreements that may still expose the united states to purported binding jurisdiction dispute resolution in the international court of justice so the united states continues to withdraw from international bodies and international agreements in response to decisions it does not approve of. twenty nine thousand has arrived and has received a warm welcome from around the world people from all walks of life have rung in the new year from the middle east to the capitals of europe new year's celebrations holds a very special place in the hearts of russians to carry some of the best moments from around the globe. haha palm. os. thank. the was my. body. thanks for watching and a very happy

vienna convention on diplomatic relations the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. baseless politicize claims are brought against us hypocritical bodies and institution unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court the council ceases to be . why are they have it's name we will commence a review of all international agreements that may still expose the united states to purported binding jurisdiction dispute resolution in the international court of justice so the united states continues to withdraw from international bodies and international agreements in response to decisions it does not approve of peter galbraith a full made us ambassador to creation have believed america's withdrawal from international agreements and overnight patients will eventually be. so this is entirely political step you know everyone has to be pointed out that we already have it is that so many of these institutions the united nations the international court of justice were ones that were created the human righ

is seat on the un human rights council now the white house is turning its attention to the un's budget as the u.s. funds twenty two percent of the regular budget and almost a third of the cost of peacekeeping such cuts could be devastating in other parts of the world they fear a u.s. pullout to the government in afghanistan has been propped up by u.s. troops and cash for nearly eighteen years and there's confusion over the u.s. involvement in the middle east trump older than him egypt pullout of u.s. troops from syria but other senior officials have suggested the u.s. will make sure i sall is defeated first. there are many questions for the next two years will this administration take further steps to confront iran will dialogue with north korea continue although be a return to threats of nuclear conflict with this most unscripted of presidents there is only one certainty and that things will remain unpredictable james just era of the united nations a tens of thousands of women have taken part in rallies around the world to mark the second anniversary of the women's march the movement

many months a call from human rights groups for a panel of inquiry or a commission of inquiry set up by one of the main bodies of the un the general assembly the security councilor the human rights council that is not what this is this is an initiative of dr agnes keller mamma she holds an important un position as the special rapporteur on judicial executions arbitrary killings and summary killings now under that existing remit she can visit anywhere she wants and that's what she's doing she's going to turkey she is independent she is international because she's a u.n. experts so this in those terms is an independent international inquiry it's also worth noting that any special rapporteurs when they go on a trip anywhere around the world at the end of it right support to the human rights council she so she will be representing a report but this is not a formal commission of inquiry having said that saudi arabia should be worried about this because she has already said in fact in an interview with me in november that given the senior figures that were involved in the killing she believes on the information that's publicly available that saudi arabia is culpable

is seat on the un human rights council now the white house is turning its attention to the un's budget as the u.s. funds twenty two percent of the regular budget and almost a third of the cost of peacekeeping such cuts could be devastating in other parts of the world they fear a u.s. pullout to the government in afghanistan has been propped up by u.s. troops and cash for nearly eighteen years and there's confusion over the u.s. involvement in the middle east trampled an immediate pullout of u.s. troops from syria but other senior officials have suggested the u.s. will make sure i sall is defeated first there are many questions for the next two years will this administration take further steps to confront iran will dialogue with north korea continue all or be a return to threats of nuclear conflict with this most unscripted of presidents there is only one certainty and that is that things will remain unpredictable james al-jazeera the united nations well john jones is a foreign policy expert who's also a former national security advisor to senate minority leader chuck schumer he says th

played by both states and individuals in the killing of findings will be reported to the un human rights councilin june. this is a visit by a special aperture a day work independently of us and they can follow their own guidelines in terms of dealing with topics such as in this case the topic of extrajudicial executions you're aware of the position of the secretary general about the need for a full and transparent investigation and he continues to stand by that u.n. secretary general antonio tears has warned that the world as it was in the race against climate change speaking at the world economic economic forum in davos he says the political will to change course is fading when john holl visited a climate science camp above the dollar slopes and he spoke to people who remain optimistic. high on the world economic forum agenda this year is climate change recognize now by many decision makers here is both a threat to the planet and in the business of mitigating its effects and opportunity so high above davos climate scientists have made camp to explain how fast melting arctic ice affects weather

responsibilities for the killing of findings and recommendations will be reported to the un human rights council in june. you know developments british politicians and international law is demanding the right to visit female activists and then male supporters detained in saudi arabia they want to investigate allegations that being tortured and denied legal representation johnny angelo has more. these are some of the saudi activists the british politicians and international lawyers a demanding access to they want to investigate allegations that the women are being illegally detained and tortured the women some of them academics were campaigning for the right to drive in the relaxing of male guardianship rules they say they've been given electric shocks whipped water boarded and sexually harassed an unofficial detention centers inside the kingdom are two sides to this story and what i want us to be able to do is to be able to fairly report. on both and come to a judgment about. the progress of human rights in saudi arabia the request comes as the saudi government struggles with the international f

is seat on the un human rights council now the white house is turning its attention to the un's budget as the u.s. funds twenty two percent of the regular budget and almost a third of the cost of peacekeeping such cuts could be devastating in other parts of the world they fear a u.s. pullout to the government in afghanistan has been propped up by u.s. troops and cash for nearly eighty years and there's confusion over the u.s. involvement in the middle east trump older than him egypt pullout of u.s. troops from syria but other senior officials have suggested the u.s. will make sure i sall is defeated first. there are many questions for the next two years will this administration take further steps to confront iran will dialogue with north korea continue although be a return to threats of nuclear conflict with this most unscripted of presidents there is only one certainty and that is that things will remain unpredictable james pays i'll just era at the united nations while the deftones inauguration in twenty seventeen hundreds of thousands of women flooded on to washington streets to mar

shock when it was elected to the council given its own appalling record on human rights only really because it was all the post as far as the area is concerned now the un general assembly can suspend them from the human rights council if there is a two thirds majority to do so and the results of this investigation may go so one way so look the action being taken through the jungle where somebody that's far off membership of the human rights council is concerned then as i say action needs to be taken as far as its domestic human rights violations and those are the violations but being committed in other areas of the law you know soltani is said a few moments ago that you know obviously this has not gotten as much attention isn't it and that in the month or two after she was murdered. and a saudi arabia in and made some arrests do you think that their strategy has been just to try to run out the clock for lack of a better term. well obviously they're playing for time but also the playing to. to what the western countries really expect them to do and that is most importantly to be seen to be taking action and that's what they've done now they haven't it's

for many months now from human rights groups for an international panel of inquiry or commission of inquiry something to be set up by the un general assembly by the security council the human rights council to investigate the journalists murder this is not that but what this is is dr agnes has a job which is a special rapporteurs on judicial exit executions summary executions and arbitrary executions and she's using that existing mandate to make a trip to turkey so she is independent and it is an inquiry because she's going there to find out more and it's international because she is an international expert on these issues it's also worth telling you that under her existing mandate from the human rights council whenever she or any other of these special rapporteurs go on a mission around the world they write a report to the human rights council so there will be a report delivered so it is definitely an interesting investigation by one of the un's experts but it's not that big panel of inquiry that some of been calling for having said all that the saudis i think need to be worried because this is a tenacious lawyer she's a professor at columbia university in new y

first moment that united states would stay in the human rights council i believe the human rights watch and texture is a very important element in the un human rights is one of the pillars of united nations and i hope that. so little later sooner rather than later the us will be able to come back but as i said i strongly believe that in today's world we need multilateral responses they're american side they have both criticism and bias as their reasons for their walkout and the united nations security council certainly is not the only body to criticize either israel or the united states for that matter i wonder if you have any concerns at all whether that kind of pass then could be repeated and if the united states can pull out from the united nations altogether accessible i mean let's let's be clear the united states plays a very important role in the where i sit is a founding member like the russian federation. and of course used to be out of one or two areas that are more i would say the other thing is to be of course involved in the center of the d.v.d.'s of the well and i believe these will go on more true believer that when one l

of the annual report by human rights watch the presentation took place here in berlin for the first time marking the start of germany's two year stint on the un security council the group said that despite many headlines suggesting the contrary when it comes to human rights things may actually be getting better. stories like that of the alleged murder of journalist jamal khashoggi by the saudi arabian government may make you think that autocrats and human rights violations are increasingly becoming the norm. but human rights watch is actually optimistic despite both the united states and britain withdrawing from their traditional leading role in defending democracy and civil rights the advocacy groups annual report says countries like germany are quote pushing back as the u.s. and the u.k. have retreated from state of meaningful human rights respecting foreign policy germany has started to fill the gap it's not enough and we want to germany to do much more but we have seen the germany has treated it openly and loudly the president of turkey the president of china russia and trump of course. another good example is germany's response to saudi arabia's human ri