the united nations human rights council has lost an investigation into alleged rights abuses committed by russia in ukraine. the council voted overwhelmingly to approve the approve the probe, which will look at the abuses here in the regions of heave, jenna heave or heave. and so when human rights g, michelle actually said that russian forces are responsible for the vast majority of civilian deaths in ukraine. let's get an epic now from a correspondent that he has a he is in eve, but he is. we're hearing you, cranium returning to the city of her heave. what's the situation like in other cities in the eastern parts of ukraine? so yeah, we have different situations at different parts of the front line around har keith, the ukranian forces have been able to push the russians back almost to the russian borders in some areas. and in other areas quite far away from the city. which means that the city is out of artillery range and that's why people are returning to the city because it's no less it's being less shelled, less than before. and that's, but basically this due to this offensive, wh

at the same time, to give you an example, in 2019, the united nations human rights council commissioner'sabout it found that there are indications on the ground that israeli snipers have been targeting palestinian journalists who are trying to cover what was happening on the ground. the israeli government rejected the findings, saying that these are kangaroo-court reports. the way that the israeli government has been dealing with your reports, what kind of message does it send to the people? guest: just before i address that, i wanted to add one more thing about how critical impunity is for israel's oppression of palestinians. what i want to spell out is the following -- it is impossible to conduct such an oppressive apartheid regime against an entire people over decades without the usage of organized state violence all the time. to take their land, to control them, to oppress them. the violence is an essential aspect of israel's ability to do this to the palestinian people, but it has to come with impunity. because if israel doesn't grant itself impunity, it doesn't have the ability to a

at the same time, to give you an idea, an example. 2019, the united nations human rights council commission is report about it found that there are indications on the ground that is rarely snipers have been targeting a palestinian jonas who are trying to cover what was happening on the ground. these ready government rejected. the finding saying that these are tang girl court reports the the way these railey government has been dealing with your report or with their reports from the international community. what kind of message to the people? yes, maybe if you allow me just before i address to add one more thing about the critical, the unity is for israel suppression of unions. and what i want to spell out is the following. it's impossible to conduct such an oppressive regime against your entire people over decades without the usage of organized states all the time to take their allowance to control them, to oppress them. and so violence is an essential aspect of ability to do this to people. but it has to come, having hadn't really impunity because it is rather than grabbing the kennedys. a

. >> the united nations human rights council is calling on investigators to specifically look at the possible russian abuses and violations. >> in oiev and other parts of ukraine in late february and early march. the council also challenge to russia to give human rights groups unhindered immediate and safe access. >> to people who were transferred from ukraine to russia or areas under russian control. the un refugee agency reports that more than 6 million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. >> meantime, finland announced today that it is in favor of applying to join nato. russia responded warning that that move by finland is considered hostile and could lead to retaliation. and now word that sweden may do the same thing and apply to join nato within days. and here in the u.s. a big majority of house members passed a bill to get billions of dollars in additional aid to ukraine and members of the senate are following action. our washington correspondent basil john joins us now to report on what the senators are saying about this aid package. basil. >> well, pam, catherin

so how significant is the united nations human rights council resolution going to be in investigating in ukraine? a question i put to gissou nia, a human rights lawyer and the director of the strategic litigation project at the atlantic council. this is very significant. what i see with the resolution that was adopted at the special session of the un human rights council today is that there is a real effort by the council to put a lens on accountability. there is language in the resolution calling to account for, you know, who is actually perpetrating these violations, and that's something that we don't always see with content from the human rights council, with its enquiries. there are different commissions of enquiries that have been set up for different conflict situations and human rights crises around the world and sometimes, there isjust an analysis of what violations have happened but there's not always a naming and shaming of perpetrators. and, so, i view this as quite a significant move and shows that the human rights council is serious about staying with efforts for accounta

the united nations human rights council had criticized ireland's law as cruel and inhumane in a case of a woman demade it treatment and forced to go to england for care. ireland, mostly catholic ireland, ultimately decided that the rights and lives of women mattered, and it's a cautionary tale here in the united states as we're now barreling towards codifying that they don't matter. so when justice samuel alito writes, quote, we do not pretend to know how our political system or society will react to the overruling, we do know. it's a hypothetical. ireland showed us what it looks like when religious doctrine becomes law and there's a fictionalized version of how it can play out in "the handmaid's tale." >> when they smothered congress, we didn't wake up. when they blamed terrorists and blamed the constitution we didn't wake up then either. they said it would be temporary. nothing changes instantaneously, and gradually you'll be bled to death before you know about it. >> we're all awake. this newer post-world war order is just as dark, if not darker that our dispopian nightmares. she n

while the united nations human rights council is calling on investigators to specifically look into possible russian abuses and violations in parts of ukraine in late february and early march. >> the council also challenge russia to give human rights groups unhindered, immediate and safe access to people who were transferred from ukraine to russia or areas under russian control. un refugee agency reports more than 6 million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. >> finland wants to join nato. that country's president and prime minister announcing their support for the move today the parliament would still have to weigh in the overall process could take months to complete. sweden might also want to join nato's general secretary general says both countries would be very welcome. the kremlin says it would be a security threat to russia and is warning of possible retaliation. turning attention now to the explosion in cuba caused by a gas leak. at least that's what early reports indicate. at least 43 people are dead in the explosion. it happened at a hotel in havana. >> a baptist chur

united nations human rights council reports more than half of those refugees had gone to poland. those refugees could get a glimpse of what it was like in the united states by turning to afghan refugees who escaped the taliban rule. according to the department of homeland security, more than 76,000 afghans are in the u.s. now, all of them arriving since u.s. military withdrew from afghanistan back in august. now some of those evacuees say they are struggling, struggling to get jobs and struggling to pay rent as they have limited government assistance. shamari stone on one family's uncertain future. >> reporter: four-year-old smiles. too young to understand that his father and mother are worried about the uncertainty their family phases in the united states. >> he wants to come here to have a home, a place, and a job to live. to live you have to work. >> reporter: haunted by the memories of living under the taliban regime in afghanistan. the family escaped with the help of the u.s. military, flew to fort dix in new jersey, and later settled in these two rooms inside the single-fam

. >> it the united nations human rights council is increasing scrutiny on russia's abuses and violationsf international law during the war in ukraine. the council voted yesterday to deepen the investigation. this comes after the u.n.'s human rights chief revealed more than a thousand civilian bodies had been recovered in areas around the capital of kyiv, and other areas previously occupied by russian troops. several hundred of them were reportedly executed. yesterday's vote passed with 33 in favor, and only two country, one of which was china, voting against. and as the war in ukraine rages on, more than six million refugees have fled the country since russian forces invaded back in february. 3.3 million have settled temporarily in poland while others have also escaped to romania, hungary, million doe va -- moldova and other neighboring countries. according to the "washington post," at least 785,000 have fled to russia, where authorities are strip-searching and interrogating them. putting some in guarded camps. and taking away their documents and sometimes even staying. meanwhile the uni

he's the president of the united nations human rights council. he's from argentina. he's been following everything that's been going on here. so i'm mr . vizier. what is the challenge? i mean, that we're seeing today. i mean, we're seeing an increase in attacks against journalist, increasing online attacks against journalists. what can you tell us about the situation that we're seeing right now? we are very worried about being christian attacks from journals, because we have a double impact on human rights. whenever a journalist is attacked is not only an attack on the human rights of that journalist, because journalists are the voices of victims or violations of human rights all over the world. therefore, in practice, even though we don't call them like that, journalists are human rights defenders also. therefore, the impact is that whenever i talk on journal is happens, the whole international human rights community suffers. therefore, the council of human rights, it has been addressing this issue for many, many years. and we have approve a historic declaration tod

war in ukraine, because this was the mission that the russian represented over the united nations human rights council but they were thrown off that council, russia lost that position to another country, so this is a collection of diplomats that has seen on their own turf, amongst their own, the cost of putin's war. and, you know, he's calling this an aggressive war. this would be language that would land him in jail if it was back in russia. clearly, he's a long way from home at the moment, but potentially in danger because we know that russia and putin in particular doesn't like anyone speaking out against him. his future at the moment must seem very uncertain. >> it's highly unusual to have a member of the russian diplomat core resigning as a matter of principle, isn't it? >> it really is. and to do it with such fanfare making it so public, the criticism is damning for president putin saying that those who have organized the war, orchestrated the war are willing to lay down any number of russian live to see stay in power. and that's a reality that i think a lot of russians on the street, even if th

but the united nations human rights council voted to deepen its investigation into war crimes inside ukraine. this comes after the u.n.'s human rights chief revealed more than 1,000 civilian bodies have been recovered in areas around kyiv and other areas previously occupied by russian troops. several hundred of them reportedly were executed. yesterday's vote passed with 33 in favor. only two countries, one of them china, voting against it. meanwhile, russia is warning finland of consequences if it joins nato. russian's foreign minister said moscow would be, quote, forced to take retaliatory steps to stop what he called threats to his nation's security. finland and sweden would become possible targets if they become members of the organization, which they are set to do. nato secretary general has welcomed the move and promised a, quote, swift and smooth process to get those countries into that body. the white house also has said it'd strongly support both finland and sweden if those countries apply for membership. both finland's president and prime minister yesterday called for joining

forces responsible for their killing independent commissions of inquiry of the united nations of the human rights council. also concluded the same about other journalists like yes, there are more than others. and still no accountability and i think today more than anything else in addition to the rage, in addition to the tears and to be serious pain that everybody is feeling. this is a day job who of injustice if you will, that none of the journalists wanted to feel the they were reminded of just how cheap their lives are out there because they are operating under an occupation that is above. 1 international law above accountability that is shielded from even verbal reproach by many powerful countries. and they've seen this happen at time. and again, the fact that it's happened to such an icon to such a distinguished journalist makes it all the more painful. i do want to look a little more at forms of recourse and encounter ability for crimes like this because just last month, international and palestinian media group submitted a formal complaint with the international criminal court, accusing israel of

ukraine because that was the mission where the russian representative for the united nations high commission human rights council, their representative was thrown off there, so this is a mission that has seen first-hand the world's reaction. this diplomat is clearly utterly incensed, as you're describing it there. he says that this is a war not just against ukraine but against the world, a crime not just against ukrainians but russians. why? because essentially that snuffs out the possibility of a free and prosperous society in the future, but there's also very strong rebuke from his boss, sergey lavrov, saying the foreign ministry is no longer interested in diplomacy and sober intelligence estimates. this is now about hatred and warmongering. but perhaps his most stinging criticism is of president putin and the other leaders and i'll read it to you because this will resonate with russian people. he says, those who conceived this war want only one thing, to remain in power forever. to live in pompous, tasteless palaces, and i'll come back to that. sail on yachts that compare in tonnage and cost to the entire rus

you see these just as hollow words at the when several tracks that is of the the united nations council of human rights. whether the could appoint special up or to, to look into this matter and then be to get the it, which is the course cookies id. so the 2nd, the, for the sake of the life nations with the cloud piece. this cost me, can i, to the paddle lucian quoted to me to configure it to counsel, to pass the needle bushel and the china cabinet, which is fine with old state regarding the treatment that we do in any leak or or what about if you could do my lease or anything to do the prayer to be needed, you know, the kind were kind of trying to get money for the one now to move to the united nation to sub nico, to be completed before the council motion. but please give me a back or do we deem it or the present or call work? i can get the money to that for anyone. can we be best suited by the not just the, the pre, even in liberty county, one of the pre k are probably things signed by their international lawyer and also political unless joining us there with that explanation. thank you. less than 2 m

most aggressive tightening of us monetary policy since 2000 take you to the united nations security council where human rights commissioner, shall busch lead, is that now speaking they have not pause the work for a single day. currently, the mission has staff on the ground in was go to keep believe the pro and the differ and convict field. this is to barry's part of the country, couldn't you? and show me if we can just last week. that mission continues to verify allegations of violations of international law and of international humanitarian law in the context of the russian federation arm attack on a claim. many of these allegations concern violations that may amount to war crimes based on the mission war by august updated. if you want to cancel at the end of march, and lucas sent a report that was depletion covering the previous 24 february to 50 may at the next session of the company in june. and my 1st crank on the 22nd of april summarize our most recent findings. it brings me to say that our all our concerns remain valid and the situation keeps the ratings. but am president, today's the 71st day of the e

united nations security council. the commissioner of the council of europe for human rights is appealed against the possible extradition of julian assange from britain to the us. the weekly thunder is currently in u. k. custody while london consider what to do with him next, as is wanted in the us on espionage charges. it is my view that the indictment by the united states against mister assigned to raises important questions about the protection of those that published classified information in the public interest, including information that exposes human rights violations. the broad and vague nature of the allegations against mister assange and of the offences listed in the indictment are troubling. as many of them concern activities at the core of investigative journalism in europe and beyond. consequently allowing mr. sanchez extradition on this basis would have a chilling effect on media freedom and could ultimately hamper the press and performing its task as a purveyor of information and a public watchdog and democratic societies. last month, julian assange moved a step closer to extradition following a decision

united nations, this is something that belongs on the docket of the international criminal court. it belongs at the un, the office of the high commissioner for human rights at the human rights council at the general assembly human rights committee. all of these agencies of the united nations should be involved, the notion that israel is going to investigate its own criminal behavior seriously is simply not going to happen. we can't rely on that. do you think the killing of serene a black li is given the palestinian cause new meaning and what could that mean? i'm not a palestinian so i can't speak for how this is seen among palestinians. what i know is that every palestinian, that i know has been in absolute desperate despair since her killing because she played such an important symbolic role. i do know that it has given those of us who work for palestinian rights in the u. s. and globally, a new issue to keep the attention focus, to keep the pressure on for international engagement, to say that it's important that international human rights organizations, amnesty human rights watch that sell them, et cetera, have acknowledged and condemned israeli apartheid. but now there must be

shocked to hear the press. secretary say that well, united nations is saying that sharon's death might be a war crime. in a statement, the human rights council special operator said. authorities have an obligation not to hon. john lesson to protect them from hom, under international law, if called for an immediate investigation, which they said should be prompt, transpired, thorough and independent. and they warn, a lack of accountability gives carte blanche to continue illegal executions, palestine ambassadors, the united nations also spoke about continued violence against palestinians earlier on railways, assassination of serene as part of its long standing well documented war of harassment, intimidation and violence against ballasting. and journalist this has been happening for decades and in broad daylight. we are shocked by the great loss. sharina barkley was a tell britain. thrilled, blazing jordan as a vibrant spirit and a kind hearted and humble human being. qualities that the occupation forces that killed her, couldn't care less about the humanity. they refused to see a shrill work less career charted. some of the most significant m

well, united nations is that, that sharon's death might be a war crime in a statement. the human rights council special rapport term said authorities have an obligation not to harm journalists, and to protect them from hom, under international law. i have called for an immediate investigation which they said should be prompt, transparent, thorough and independent. and they warned, a lack of accountability gives carte blanche to continue with illegal executions. alice dines ambassador to the united nation, spoke about continued violence against the palestinian people. davies, assassination of serene as part of its long standing well documented war of harassment, intimidation and violence against philistine and journalist. this has been happening for decades and in broad daylight. we are shocked by the great loss. sharina barkley was it till britain thrilled, blazing jordan. it is a vibrant spirit and a kind hearted and humble human being. quality is that the occupation forces that killed her, couldn't care less about the humanity. they refused to see well sharina walker, his career charted some

the 15 member body that leads the united nations, the security council convened the meeting, opened with testimony about the situation facing civilians and human rights going on in ukraine. how we heard among others, from the testimony of michelle basha let, who talked about the fact that on both sides it seems like civilians have suffered and targeted are urging negotiations, urging a ceasefire, urging the use of humanitarian corridors to evacuate those who to be in harm's way now, when the members of the security council, the countries started speaking, i became clear. there were very big differences between the major powers represented. when the representative of shyness vote, he used the opportunity to call for a di escalation, but also to criticize the nato coalition. and call out the anniversary of the day on which nato forces attacked. the chinese embassy and yugoslavia delivering the weapons to ukraine will not to live apiece. and the conflict has no witness dialogue with negotiations, the only and inevitable way to resolve disputes. far from making gear of any safer nato's constant east would advance since the cold war have. so the seeds of

humanity. they refused to see the united nations, the saying that sharing staff might be a war crime. in a statement, the u. n. a human rights council, special operator said, authorities have an obligation not to hon journalists, and to protect them from home under international law, if called for an immediate investigation, which they said should be prompt, transparent for an independent. and they want a lack of accountability gives carte blanche to continue illegal executions the matter. shanks sharina, blacklist the latest in a long history of civilian killings in the occupied territories. and, and the scenes national report early this year showed successive israeli governments have treated palestinians as a demographic threat. same basra, the has more on that ah, when tracing crimes. israel's military has committed against palestinians. it can be difficult to know where to begin. ha, a timeline of subjugation that began in 1948 the atrocities. numerous, the suffering on go home. demolitions and force displacement have become routine. ah, and was checkpoints to restrict and control movement? were palestinians routinely experience

human rights in a democracy, and further global challenges. and agree that our tube -- two countries should [indiscernible] further, i expect the committee to strengthen the united nations, including the security council which bears an important responsibility and gain president biden's support. the president stated that the united states will support japan becoming a permanent member of a reformed security council. the pacific ocean does not separate japan and the united states, rather, it unites us. those are the words delivered by president kennedy to our prime minister, which [indiscernible] conveys the importance of human resources development and people to people exchange forward for a free, open pacific, and president biden concurred. japan will hold the presidency of the g7 next year, as the world faces an unprecedented challenge caused by russia's aggression of ukraine and the weapons of mass destruction at next years g7 summit. i hope we can demonstrate the will of the g7 to resolutely reject aggression by force. [indiscernible] overturn the international order that will make our mark in history. as the prime minister of japan, the only country that [indiscernible] i believe there is no othe

imagination pretty returned by the united nations you have got china, you've got russia on the security council with veto power you've got organizations like the un and human rights which is dominated by human rights abusers. nato is it international community. it's very important that our partners and nato carry their own weight increasingly going forward. we have to make the case we are going to be part of nato were going to be the leader of nato but european security must be above all a european responsibility and interest. that is particularly true because we have the threat from beijing from the communist party which rules china. nato also has to understand china as a threat not just to us but to europe. at the end of the day here's a choice we have to make either week, american and other free nations shape the world order or we allow the world order to be shaped by china, by russia by the islamic republic of iran and their allies which include cuba, nicaragua and venezuela. there is no third alternative. nato could be perhaps the most important international community for the free nations of the world. paul: all right turkey is objecting rather loudly and p

united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet said that the actions of the russian military in the north of the capital can be equated to war crimes bachelet added that today the un human rights councill make a decision on whether an official investigation is needed into the events that took place in kyiv and other regions in february. and march of this year, and the russians meanwhile are preparing to issue their passports in the temporarily occupied territories. this was reported by the spokesman of the ministry of defense of ukraine, oleksandr motuzyanyk . on preparation for the integration of the occupied territories into russia, in particular changes in the administrative-territorial division, adaptation of law enforcement banking of the border system to russian legislation and are also preparing a legal basis for issuing russian passports, the russians are again trying to leave ukraine without fuel, the kremenchug oil refinery was once again attacked with rockets, the head of the poltava regional military administration, dmytro lunin , said. communication and what is the current situation in kremenchuk, we will learn from our correspondent iryna skripachova iryna we congratulat

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