Taliban victory in Afghanistan: A turning point for the human rights world? | Conflict Zone
The spokesman for the United Nation's top human rights official says the human rights world of nongovernmental organizations, activists, and organizations such as his own, have been in shock since the Taliban's lightning victory in Afghanistan. Rupert Colville spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told Tim Sebastian that human rights monitoring would nevertheless continue in Afghanistan and that violations would become apparent. Colville said it was clear that summary executions, force expulsions, and detentions of former Afghan government officials and their families had taken place since the Taliban took over in August, but said the extent of the violations was unclear. Colville offered that human rights improvements were not an all or nothing proposal and that setbacks in one area did not preclude improvements elsewhere pointing to efforts in South America on bringing violators to justice as well as improvements for LGBTQ communities around the globe and even the issue of climate change increasingly come to the forefront of rights debates. The wheels of justice roll slowly he told Sebastian from UN offices in Geneva. "We're still seeing Nazis from World War Two appearing in court." CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:01 A Desperate call to intervene 02:50 Don't the people of Afghanistan deserve better? 05:45 Human rights monitoring in Afghanistan now 08:35 Acceptance of the Taliban and accountability 09:20 Nazis in court 09:40 ICC and Afghanistan 13:00 Nuremberg trials and ICC 14:45 Impunity: a growth industry in Mali 18:00 War crimes in Yemen 20:00 Climate Change 22:00 UN recognition of the Taliban 25:33 Credits Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche... For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: / deutschewellenews ►Twitter: / dwnews ►Instagram: / dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: / dwdeutsch #dwZone #UnitedNations #Afghanistan
