By Defend the Defenders, November 3, 2016
Vietnam has done its best to preserve an environment of peace, stability, promote sustainable development, to safeguard the full enjoyment of human rights for its people, Nguyen Phuong Nga, ambassador and head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN has said.
Speaking at the October 31 meeting of the Committee for Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs (Third Committee) of the 71st Session of the General Assembly in New York, she reiterated Vietnam’s commitment to joint global efforts and actions to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for all.
“We place the people at the center of development and have further strengthened our legal system, policies, and institutions by mainstreaming the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) and other human rights treaties to which Vietnam is a party,” she said.
Vietnam appreciates the role and contribution of the Universal Periodic Review, she said, adding that the country has already presented two national reports and undertaken the Master Plan to implement all accepted recommendations.
The ambassador also noted that during its three years serving in the Human Rights Council, Vietnam has upheld the principles of objectivity, transparency, constructiveness and equal treatment to all.
Vietnam still faces challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights, and one such challenge is the impacts of climate change, she said. Vietnam was severely affected by the unprecedented droughts and salinization a few months ago, and by deadly floods just recently, she noted.
More frequent natural disasters hinder the people’s right to food, health, education and adequate housing, said the ambassador, calling for assistance in addressing this challenge.
The ambassador underscored the Declaration on the Right to Development and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as guiding international legal framework in the field.
She stressed that civil and political, economic, social and cultural or right to development must all be treated as equal, and as such, one right or group of rights must not have primacy over others. The right to development, for instance, should not be delegated to a “second class” human right, she declared.
“While promoting and protecting human rights, we must respect the sovereign rights of states, as well as their historical, social, cultural and development circumstances, enhance mutual understanding, trust, dialogue, and cooperation,” said the diplomat.
Vietnam has been criticized by democratic governments and international human rights organizations for ongoing suppression of political dissidents, social activists and human rights. The country has used controversial articles such as 79, 87, 88, and 258 in the country’s Penal Code to silence government critics.
Vietnam has imprisoned around 130 political prisoners who exercised their rights of freedom of expression and assembly enshrined in the country’s 2013 Constitution. So far this year, it has jailed about 20 activists and detained around ten others.
Hundreds of people have been detained while attending peaceful demonstrations on environmental issues and anti-China protests. Numerous of them have been tortured in police station. Many other activists have been brutally assaulted by plainclothes agents, according to local human rights groups.
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November 3, 2016
Vietnam Affirms Commitment to Promoting Human Rights: Ambassador
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Defend the Defenders, November 3, 2016
Vietnam has done its best to preserve an environment of peace, stability, promote sustainable development, to safeguard the full enjoyment of human rights for its people, Nguyen Phuong Nga, ambassador and head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN has said.
Speaking at the October 31 meeting of the Committee for Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs (Third Committee) of the 71st Session of the General Assembly in New York, she reiterated Vietnam’s commitment to joint global efforts and actions to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for all.
“We place the people at the center of development and have further strengthened our legal system, policies, and institutions by mainstreaming the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) and other human rights treaties to which Vietnam is a party,” she said.
Vietnam appreciates the role and contribution of the Universal Periodic Review, she said, adding that the country has already presented two national reports and undertaken the Master Plan to implement all accepted recommendations.
The ambassador also noted that during its three years serving in the Human Rights Council, Vietnam has upheld the principles of objectivity, transparency, constructiveness and equal treatment to all.
Vietnam still faces challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights, and one such challenge is the impacts of climate change, she said. Vietnam was severely affected by the unprecedented droughts and salinization a few months ago, and by deadly floods just recently, she noted.
More frequent natural disasters hinder the people’s right to food, health, education and adequate housing, said the ambassador, calling for assistance in addressing this challenge.
The ambassador underscored the Declaration on the Right to Development and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as guiding international legal framework in the field.
She stressed that civil and political, economic, social and cultural or right to development must all be treated as equal, and as such, one right or group of rights must not have primacy over others. The right to development, for instance, should not be delegated to a “second class” human right, she declared.
“While promoting and protecting human rights, we must respect the sovereign rights of states, as well as their historical, social, cultural and development circumstances, enhance mutual understanding, trust, dialogue, and cooperation,” said the diplomat.
Vietnam has been criticized by democratic governments and international human rights organizations for ongoing suppression of political dissidents, social activists and human rights. The country has used controversial articles such as 79, 87, 88, and 258 in the country’s Penal Code to silence government critics.
Vietnam has imprisoned around 130 political prisoners who exercised their rights of freedom of expression and assembly enshrined in the country’s 2013 Constitution. So far this year, it has jailed about 20 activists and detained around ten others.
Hundreds of people have been detained while attending peaceful demonstrations on environmental issues and anti-China protests. Numerous of them have been tortured in police station. Many other activists have been brutally assaulted by plainclothes agents, according to local human rights groups.