EAFORD - 41st Session UNHRC - Grave Human Rights Violations in Iraq - Mr. Naji Haraj

International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD) www.eaford.org 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council 24 June to 12 July 2019 Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention (General Debate) 3 July 2019 Delivered by: Mr. Naji Haraj Mr. President, In the deliberations under Agenda Item 4 entitled Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, we examine various situations to take the necessary action so as to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights for all. A State in which torture is practiced on the widest scale, in which the death penalty is applied after swift and unfair trials, and in which hundreds of thousands of innocent people are placed in prisons and detention centers for many years without trials, it is incumbent upon this Council to examine the situation and take the necessary measures. A State in which corruption is extended to the sale of ministerial posts, governorates, deputy ministers, and almost all public posts, must be subject to a detailed examination by this esteemed Council. A country in which high-ranking officials share its national wealth but leave the citizens without drinking water, without medical care, without education, and without social services, while its Parliament adopts laws to discriminate between citizens in salaries, pensions and services – indeed, the Council must urgently examine this situation. Mr. President, We are talking about the situation of human rights in Iraq, for which a Special Rapporteur must be appointed by this esteemed Council. Thank you.