EU `TRYING TO MOVE BORDER TO LIBYA´ USING POLICY THAT BREACHES RIGHTS - UN EXPERTS
(WorldNews Switzerland)

17 August 2017 (Issued as received) GENEVA (17 August 2017) - Two United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concern over a new European Commission policy on Mediterranean Sea rescues, warning that more people will drown. `The EU`s proposed new action plan, including a code of conduct for organizations operating rescue boats, threatens life and breaches international standards by condemning people to face further human rights violations in Libya,` said the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, and the Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer. The code of conduct, drawn up by Italy with the backing of Brussels, aims to stop...