Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks at general comments on draft resolution L.8 "Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking." 60th HRC
Cuba has a policy of zero tolerance for any contemporary form of slavery and any form of trafficking in persons, which is expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the Republic and other national laws. These are heinous crimes and a blatant violation of human rights, which our country firmly rejects.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks on draft resolution L.29 Rev.1 addressing racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related forms of intolerance. 60th HRC
Cuba reiterates its firm commitment to the full implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, essential platforms in the fight against racism and racial discrimination.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks with general comments on draft resolution L.27 Rev.1 titled 'Promotion and Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 60th HRC.
Cuba reiterates its firm support for the principles of universality, progressiveness, non-politicization, interdependence and non-selectivity of human rights.
Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, speaks in general comments on draft resolution L.24 Rev.1, titled 'Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples'. 60th Human Rights Council.
Cuba supports the defence, recognition and effective and full implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, whose adoption in 2007 constituted a historic victory in the struggle of these peoples for their ancestral rights.
Second Secretary Greisy Cordero Suárez, Representative of Cuba, speaks at general comments on draft resolution l.6, 'Arbitrary Detention'. 60th Human Rights Council.
We reaffirm our willingness to continue cooperating systematically and constructively with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, in line with Cuba’s firm commitment to the promotion and protection of all human rights for all people, without discrimination.