and the whole proceeding has caught the attention of the united nations human rights council and their special committee on arbitrary detention because of activists. like the ones you see behind me. some of them have gone inside of the court house, but others have been here all morning long trying to call attention to this case, which they say i is evidence of a trend of corporate lawyers and corporate corporations. basically going after human rights activists in court in a way that is silencing now in the case of danziger i, he was representing ecuador ends, whose home land, whose environment was destroyed by oil companies back in the ninety's. he had a success with that lawsuit in the late 2, thousands, but because of challenges to him, now he is facing these court proceedings here in the united nations is saying that he should be like go because of questions about the weight. uh huh. okay. chris's living there. life was in new york. kristen, thank you. he, back to this of gathered in the italian city old milan to protest against what they say is in action by unworldly does a hats ov

of court for stephen danziger, it's a stunning sentence when you consider that the united nations human rights councils . this commission on arbitrary detention just put out a report saying that he should be freed. and that the case showed stunning. a stunning lack of objectivity and impartiality, but the judge in this case, loretta prescott pushed back vehemently against the characterizations of the united nations and some of danziger supporters who gathered outside of the court house here in in sentencing him she disagreed with the characterizations as saying that danziger had shown a pattern of wilful neglect that he had thumbed his nose at the justice system repeatedly refusing to comply with orders that had been given by a judge in, in earlier case to hand over information related to it. the lawsuit that he had filed against chevron danziger for his part, told the port that he couldn't express remorse for doing what he believes was right . and what was at the goal of hilly and his supporters say that they have been targeted by chevron. that this was a case of a big money attorneys wearing down at

yeah, well the decision is stunning, given that the united nations human rights council board on arbitrary detention just put out a report saying that if anything danziger should be released. because the trial proceedings had shown a lack of objectivity, a shocking lack of objectivity in their words and impartiality. but the judge here in new york, federal court justice loretta prescott pushed back against characterizations by the united nations and danziger supporters. that this somehow was not warranted, but she gave him the maximum 6. my sentence for contempt charges 6 of them relating to a case where he failed to turn over evidence that was demanded by the judge. i. she said that contrary to the way this was painted, danziger had showed a long pattern of neglecting court orders. and because of that, it was important to send a message that decisions and court orders have to be obeyed. and so it was a big disappointment for many of the supporters who had gathered here outside of the court house and clothing environmental groups in human rights groups who had been supporting him and his e

human rights groups as well. like amnesty international who went to the united nations and got a preliminary report from a working group on arbitrary detention. this is part of the human rights council of the united nations. and the report that has come back is scathing about the proceedings and how donner was treated. and the 2 judges who took on this case raising very, very many questions. danziger his south spoke to us earlier and he said that this these charges stand from him running a successful case against chevron. back in the 90s. i met kristen though while we're speaking to you, so we're showing some pretty disgusting pictures which looks like environmental damage in the amazon. tell us more about this case again, chevron and i will go here. where does that case stand? yes. so in 2013 a judge in atwood or awarded the plaintiffs in that case, that stephen danziger represented with $9500000000.00 in damages for damage. that was don in obtaining oil in ecuador. i was actually another company that chevron bought. but by buying the company was held liable for all of this destruction in the negative health impacts on the people they are. so after winning this case, however, chevr

and staying with afghanistan, the human rights council of the united nations has agreed to appoint a new special rappel tours of the country. they'll be responsible for monitoring human rights following the taliban takeover. amnesty international has welcomed the decision, saying, an independent investigative mechanism will be critical. the organization is accused the tardy barn of human rights violations, including targeted killings of civilians and blocking humanitarian aid. stephanie decker has more from cobble we haven't had any official reaction from the taliban as of yet in terms of whether they would cooperate with such a position. we're expecting that position to be taken up or on march of next year. but of course the a, the countries now controlled by the taliban, so any movement across the country needs to be coordinated with them. and then of course, if you have any taliban presence, if you're interviewing any sort of survivors or victims of a legit atrocities, if you have any shadow bomb present, they will be possible to speak freely. it's already very difficult to verify

human rights act. new york city council bill named the street in front of the admission to the united nations hill wassely arrested and murdered. "that death is a tragic reminder for north korea regime and lack of concern for human life. he should be alive today and should have the opportunity to live in new york city like a plant. naming the street after him would serve as a reminder to the north korean regime that the u.s. stands firmly against their gross human rights abuses and to his family that he will not be forgotten". it is now lining its way in the legal department of the new york city council. your thoughts, congresswoman, on this young man. >> my thoughts from north korea, and i know how it is because i've been hearing from my parents. you know, auto did not have to die, he was arrested by north korea for nothing. he could not see. as soonest he arrived in his country, guess what, he died. this naming after him, i totally support that. that will show and him and his family are not forgotten. i really support them. >> they have not been a tremendous supporter of new york city. i'll waiting