A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable populations, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments are to meet in Geneva beginning January 13, 2013, for a fifth and final round of talks for the treaty.

(Genebra) - Quando o Presidente do Brasil Lula da Silva do se pronunciar perante o Conselho de Direitos Humanos da ONU hoje, deveria explicar porque o Brasil faz uso do seu voto no conselho para proteger países com péssimos registros de abuso aos direitos humanos, declarou hoje a Human Rights Watch.

(Geneva) - When President Lula da Silva of Brazil addresses the UN Human Rights Council on June 15, 2009, he should explain why Brazil is using its vote in the council to protect countries with appalling human rights records, Human Rights Watch said today.

Muchas gracias.

Thank you.

Racism has been a stain on human history, from slavery to the Holocaust to the genocide in Rwanda, yet it continues all over the world, from the silencing of religious minorities and indigenous peoples, to ethnic war, discrimination and xenophobia against migrants.

La France doit honorer son engagement d’interdire et de prévenir les contrôles au faciès et proposer des solutions efficaces pour les victimes, ont déclaré l’Open Society Justice Initiative et Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui.

France should act on its promise to prohibit and prevent ethnic profiling and provide effective remedies to victims, the Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights Watch said today.

La propuesta de un tratado internacional para abordar los efectos nocivos del mercurio debería incluir disposiciones específicas destinadas a proteger la salud de los niños y otras poblaciones vulnerables, indicó hoy Human Rights Watch.

إن المعاهدة الدولية المقترحة للتصدي للآثار الضارة لمادة الزئبق يجب أن تشتمل على بنود لحماية صحة الأطفال وغيرهم من القطاعات المعرضة للخطر. من المقرر أن تجتمع الحكومات في جنيف بداية من 13 يناير/كانون الثاني 2013 من أجل جولة المحادثات الخامسة والأخيرة الخاصة بالمعاهدة. الزئبق مادة سامة تهاجم الجهاز العصبي المركزي وتؤدي إلى الإضرار بالأطفال بشكل خاص.