Kuwait emphasizes that targeting oil tankers constitutes a grave violation of human rights

Geneva, 18 Sep (KUNA) -- Kuwait emphasized on Friday that targeting oil tankers constitutes a grave violation of human rights, warning of its severe environmental impacts and the consequent threat to the right to life.

This was stated in a statement delivered by Dr. Nida Al-Dhabib, Second Secretary of Kuwait’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, during the general debate on item three of the agenda of the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. She underscored the importance of protecting and promoting human rights in a comprehensive and non-selective manner.

Al-Dhabib affirmed the necessity of integrating the various dimensions of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, with the right to development at the forefront.

She noted that the protection and promotion of rights “do not admit of fragmentation or selectivity,” considering developmental stability and social justice as fundamental pillars for ensuring human dignity. This requires a balanced approach that guarantees the integration of all dimensions of human rights without prioritizing one right over another.

Al-Dhabib reiterated Kuwait’s call for consolidating a constructive approach to international cooperation based on substantive dialogue, and for steering clear of politicization and the application of double standards in addressing human rights issues.

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