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UN Watchdog: No Improvement in Burundi's Rights Record

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - A U.N. watchdog group reports gross violations of human
   rights, many of which could amount to crimes against humanity, continue
   unabated in Burundi despite a change in leadership. The Commission of
   Inquiry on Burundi, which was appointed four years ago, will submit its
   just launched final report to the U.N. Human Rights Council next week.
   During the past four years, the three-member Panel has been the only
   independent international mechanism to document, monitor and report on
   human rights violations in Burundi. The panel is concerned that this
   oversight will disappear when it ends its mandate. It is urging
   continued international scrutiny of Burundi's human rights record.

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