UN chief regrets setbacks in human rights achievements

Guterres also lamented another boat sinking with migrants in the Mediterranean, which occurred this Sunday (26), in Southern Italy, which left at least 60 people dead, and drew attention to the human rights of refugees.

He called for legal and safe routes to be created for migrants and refugees. He stated that he considers everyone's moral obligation to safeguard human rights.

Shipwreck of immigrants off the coast of Italy leaves at least 59 dead

At least 59 immigrants, including a baby and several women, died in a shipwreck this Sunday (26) off the coast of Italy, in Calabria (south), just days after the approval of a controversial law on rescuing migrants at sea. To date, 80 people have been rescued. Some managed to reach the coast after the sinking, according to a statement released by the Coast Guard. The agency says there are several missing people, many of them children.

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered the most massive violation of human rights that we know to this day”, stated the secretary, adding that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been “attacked from all sides”.

The war in Ukraine has “triggered widespread death, destruction and displacement,” Guterres said.

“We retreat”, he added, asking for “new life” to the human rights which are the solution to many of the world's problems, such as the climate emergency and the harmful use of new technologies.

"The human rights they are not a luxury that can be ignored until we find a solution to the world’s other problems”, he highlighted.

What are human rights?

Os human rights They are norms that recognize and protect the dignity of all human beings. They govern the way individual human beings live in society and among themselves, as well as their relationship with the State and the obligations that the State has towards them. (Unicef)

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