In this video, OHCHR Spokesperson Rupert Colville discusses recent UN investigations revealing that government security forces carried out killings, rape, looted and destroyed properties during the recent violence in the South Sudanese capital Juba. The UN human rights chief calls on the Security Council to take stronger action and stresses the need for accountability: http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/asset/1687/1687003/
OHCHR Spokesperson video on human rights abuses and accountability
- 05 August 2016
OHCHR Spokesperson Rupert Colville. Photo: UNTV CH
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