Laila Matar: Rights Violations

laila matar: The council has taken a significant step toward accountability, Laila Matar, a U.N. advocate with Human Rights Watch, said in a statement, according to Metro News. The U.N. inquiry began a year ago to document human rights violations in South Sudan. The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday gave the commission the ability to collect and preserve evidence and point the finger at suspected perpetrators. Since then, a fragile peace agreement there has collapsed and ethnic fighting has spread. It said most of the human rights violations have been committed by South Sudan's government security forces. The commission of inquiry this month reported that South Sudan was experiencing ethnic cleansing and conditions that could lead to genocide. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.