Countries failing to properly prosecute killers of human rights defenders, UN expert says March 06, 2021
Brazilian politician and human rights activist Marielle Franco was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro on May 14, 2018. courtesy Mídia Ninja
GENEVA Countries must find the political will to prevent the killings of human rights defenders, hundreds of whom are murdered every year, a UN independent expert said on Friday in calling for greater protection for these activists.
Mary Lawlor, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, was presenting her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva.
“It is shocking that between 2015 and 2019, at least 1,323 defenders were killed in 64 countries,” she said. “The pattern of killings is widespread, with human rights defenders having been killed in almost one third of UN member states since 2015.”
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