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HRC50 - NB8 statement - High Commissioner’s oral update on Afghanistan
15 June 2022
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Permanent Mission of Iceland in Geneva
HRC50 - NB8 statement - High Commissioner’s oral update on Afghanistan
Human Rights Council – 50thsession
Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s oral update on Afghanistan
Statement by Finland on behalf of the Nordic Baltic countries
15 June 2022
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic countries: Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
We are deeply saddened by the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan. The arbitrary detentions and killings, torture, enforced disappearances, mistreatment of protestors and journalists – and impunity related to these violations – must stop