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Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by tolexy007(m): 4:01pm On Oct 08, 2015
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has sent petition
to UN Special Rapporteurs requesting them to use their
“positions and mandates to thoroughly investigate
reports of the unnecessary deaths of at least 60 girls and
young women in Swaziland killed in bus crash on their
way to dance festival where King of Swaziland, King
Mswati III picks one of thousands of topless virgins as
his new wife.” The petition dated 2 October 2015 was sent to Mr Juan
Ernesto MENDEZ Special Rapporteur on torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
Ms. Dubravka Simonovic Special Rapporteur on violence
against women, its causes and consequences, and Mr
Christof HEYNS Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions.
The petition reads in part: “According to reports, a car or
a van hit the back of one truck which resulted in a pileup.
The dead were reportedly thrown from the back of the
truck which was usually used for transporting building
materials and some were said to have been hit by on-
coming cars. The festival still went ahead despite reports
on the deaths.”
“I urge you to investigate allegations of cover-up and
blatant failure of the authorities to prevent the violations
of the rights to life, to human dignity, and violence
against girls and women, forced marriage as well as to
provide effective remedies for the victims and their
families.”
“I am seriously concerned that King Mswati III’s regime
rather than addressing the serious violations of human
rights has continued to prevent and prohibit the
publication of these abuses against innocent girls and
young women while also compromising the law
enforcement agencies in the discharge of their lawful
functions.”
“The girls were forced to stand up in the back of an open
truck cheek-by-jowl. There was no space to sit down or
even to turn around. By forcing the girls and women to
travel on the back of open trucks in a convoy, the
government of Swaziland has violated also their rights to
freedom from cruel, inhuman, degrading or ill-treatment.”
“I argue that the annual Umhlanga Reed Dance itself is
unlawful as it has continued to perpetuate forced
marriages, entirely inconsistent with international human
rights standards.”
“The right to life is enunciated in article 6 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which
Swaziland has ratified. It is the supreme right from
which no derogation is permitted even in time of public
emergency which threatens the life of the nation. It is a
right which should not be interpreted narrowly.”
“Article 2 of the Covenant in fact makes clear that the
government of Swaziland has affirmative duties to
protect the right to life from abuses within its territory or
jurisdiction, and General Comment 31 reveals that this
duty requires of the government the due diligence to
prevent foreseeable violations.”
“I argue that the government of Swaziland has the
supreme duty to prevent acts such as those highlighted
above that can cause arbitrary loss of life such as the
unnecessary deaths of these girls.”
“The expression “inherent right to life” cannot properly
be understood in a restrictive manner, and the protection
of this right requires that Swaziland adopt positive
measures to prevent violation of the right to life,
something the government has failed to do in this
instance.”
“I also argue that religion, culture and tradition cannot be
used to justify human rights violations, including
violence against women, which is what the annual
Umhlanga Reed Dance constitutes. The continuation of
the Umhlanga Reed Dance also gives rise to other
human rights abuses, including forced marriages.”
“Under international human rights law, states like
Swaziland are to be held accountable if they fail to act
with due diligence to prevent violations of rights such as
those highlighted above or to investigate and punish acts
of violence against women and provide effective
remedies and access to justice for victims and their
families.”
“By packing the girls on the back of open trucks, the
government of Swaziland should have reasonably
foreseen that this would lead to violation of their rights to
life and human dignity. In fact, due diligence places a
strict standard of conduct upon the government of
Swaziland to protect all individuals within its territory and
subject to its jurisdiction, including the girls and
women.”
“I look forward to your urgent intervention in this case so
that the government of Swaziland can be held
accountable for these serious violations of human rights
and victims and their families can receive justice and
effective remedies.”

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by daniska3yaro(m): 4:06pm On Oct 08, 2015
Hmmmm.
Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by Nobody: 4:07pm On Oct 08, 2015
Great

- we need him to also petition UN over Jonathan's handling of the Chibok girls. According to Jonathan, "him and his household, did not believe that any girls were missing for two weeks" ...emphasis mine

Jonathan sef sad
Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by nice101(m): 4:13pm On Oct 08, 2015
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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by Chiaka(f): 4:17pm On Oct 08, 2015
Wish Falana can do this about Fulani Herdsmen! we have our own internal Mishaps.

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by WHOcarex: 4:19pm On Oct 08, 2015
Goodluck to him.

Is there any word synonymous to "Goodluck"? Because, using that word these days to wish someone well sounds awful

Weird
Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by Ilekeh(f): 4:21pm On Oct 08, 2015
What's Falana got to do with Swaziland?

Are the girls Nigerian?

What happen Fulani menace in Nigeria? Should we wait for Cotonu to drag us to UN before we do something about it?

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by comos: 4:46pm On Oct 08, 2015
meanwhile fulani herdsmen is kidnapping, raping and killing his people.
mtchewww. COWARD!

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by Ilekeh(f): 4:47pm On Oct 08, 2015
comos:
meanwhile fulani herdsmen is kidnapping, raping and killing his people.
mtchewww. COWARD!

They're doing the same to your people. You can pretend otherwise, but please respect Southeastern Fulani victims.
Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by Nobody: 4:50pm On Oct 08, 2015
Chiaka:
Wish Falana can do this about Fulani Herdsmen! we have our own internal Mishaps.

You want them to kidnap him abi!

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by LeOstrich: 4:57pm On Oct 08, 2015
[size=18pt]Falana is back to his usual attention seeking racket after a long sabbatical silence on hoping that Buhari will appoint him as Minister of Justice.

cheapskate ambulance chaser[/size]

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Re: Swaziland: Falana Drags King Mswati III To UN Over Killing Of Girls by ProfessorPeter(m): 5:09pm On Oct 08, 2015
comos:
meanwhile fulani herdsmen is kidnapping, raping and killing his people.
mtchewww. COWARD!
charity begins abroad.

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