UN Human Rights Council Website, 23 Sept 2011 – The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan and Hungary. It also continued its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s Attention.
Speaking in the general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s Attention were Canada, Algeria, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Iran, Slovenia, Slovakia, Belarus, Japan, and Morocco. The following non-governmental organizations also took the floor: Eastern Sudan Women Organization, and Mouvement Contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peoples and Society for Threatened People speaking in a joint statement.
Gianfranco Fattorini, of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, in a joint statement with France Libertés – Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, International Educational Development and Women’s Human Rights International Association, said the situation in Camp Ashraf remained a source of concern. The camps would be victimized again before end of the year by the Iraqi forces. In July 2009 Iraqi military forces attacked the camps and then an attack and massacre in April 2011 left 36 dead. All the residents were now asylum seekers and protected under international law. There was a need for a transparent and complete investigation. Victims and their families were entitled to reparations.