The U.N.’s high human rights physique has agreed to resume the work of an impartial professional who has reported on deteriorating human rights circumstances in Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched all-out warfare on Ukraine final yr
ByThe Related Press
October 12, 2023, 11:58 AM
GENEVA — The U.N.’s high human rights physique agreed Thursday to resume the work of an impartial professional who has reported on deteriorating human rights circumstances in Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched his warfare on Ukraine final yr.
The Human Rights Council voted 18 to 7, with 22 abstentions, to increase for a yr the mandate of the impartial U.N. particular rapporteur on the rights state of affairs in Russia.
The vote, marked by a excessive variety of abstentions, comes after the U.N. Basic Meeting rejected Russia’s bid to rejoin the council on Tuesday. Russia’s membership was suspended final yr after the Russian army invasion of Ukraine.
Final month, the rapporteur, Mariana Katzarova, issued her first report, warning the rights state of affairs in Russia has “considerably deteriorated” since Putin launched his warfare in opposition to Ukraine in February final yr.
A separate probe by U.N.-backed investigators trying into rights abuses in reference to the warfare in Ukraine has accused Russia of warfare crimes.