LATEST UPDATE: AU to address human rights violation in Mali
(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia)
The AU had requested two of its human right groups to support its Political Affairs Department to implement recommendations of right violation reports in Mali.
The groups are the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
In a statement on Friday in Addis Ababa, the union expressed concern over cases of human rights violations and abuses in Mali during the period of its occupation by rebel groups.
It said the period was characterized by acts of murder, amputations, violence against women and children, rape, floggings and damage of private and public property, as well as the destruction of cultural heritage sites.
The statement said the Peace and Security Council, being chaired by Nigeria, at its 426th meeting held on April 7, took the decision after it was briefed by the commissioner for political affairs of the AU on the human rights situation in Mali.
Armed separatists in January 2012 occupied three northern regions of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal of the Republic of Mali and engaged in several killings of women and children.
“Council welcomes with appreciation the report of the African Union Commission on the human rights situation in Mali elaborated on the basis of information gathered by the AU Human Rights Observers deployed in Mali.”
The Council commended the Malian authorities for their commitment to fight against impunity and for the consolidation of peace and national reconciliation and urged the Malian authorities and other relevant stakeholders to take necessary steps to implement the recommendations contained in the report.
It said that the security council further requested the Commission to regularly update it on the status of implementation of the recommendations as contained in the report.
(NAN)
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