Hoʻomaka ka poʻe loea i nā pono kīvila kanaka a me nā luna aupuni mai 11 mau ʻāina i kahi hui i kākoʻo ʻia e United Nations i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia mai Latin America a me ka Caribbean, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

ʻO ka Rapporteur kūikawā o Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa e pili ana i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻo Juan Méndez i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka hālāwai o nā loea ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 - e mālama ʻia nei ma Santiago, Chile - ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina e manaʻo ai e hoʻākoakoa. Ke hele nei i ka hālāwai nā ʻelele mai Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, México, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay a me Venezuela.

"ʻO ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hōʻino ʻana he mea nui e hopohopo nui ai ma Latin America a me ka moku Caribbean," wahi a Mr. Méndez, "a he nui nā mea i koe e pono ai e mālama pono nā kuleana o nā mokuʻāina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, nā kulekele aupuni a me nā ʻahaʻōlelo a me nā hoʻololi hou ʻē aʻe. hoʻokō ʻia e hoʻokō ai i ka hopena i makemake ʻia: ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia. ”

"I loko o nā makahiki he XNUMX i hala iho nei, ua hoʻolaha ʻia kekahi mau kulekele e hoʻohiki ana, nā hoʻoponopono a me nā kānāwai i kēia wahi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Eia nō naʻe, he mea nui kēia mau hoʻomohala hoʻokumu a me nā hana aupuni maikaʻi a pono e hoʻonui hou ʻia, hoʻoikaika a hana hou ʻia a puni ka ʻāina."

"Lana koʻu manaʻo e lilo kēia kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana i mea e koi nui ʻia i kā mākou mau hana e kinai i ka hoʻomāinoino a me nā hana ʻino ʻole ma ka ʻāina."

Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Mr. Méndez i kahi kūʻokoʻa a uku ʻole ʻia a hōʻike i ka UN Human Rights Council ma Geneva.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez said the meeting of more than 40 experts – which is taking place in Santiago, Chile – is the first in a series of such regional conferences that he expects to convene.
Hoʻomaka ka poʻe loea i nā pono kīvila kanaka a me nā luna aupuni mai 11 mau ʻāina i kahi hui i kākoʻo ʻia e United Nations i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia mai Latin America a me ka Caribbean, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
“I am hopeful that this consultation will provide a much needed push in our efforts to eradicate torture and ill-treatment in the region.