Supreme Court slams HRCM for basing rights assessment on “rejected” UN rapporteur findings
30 Sep 2014, 11:11 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Supreme Court today slammed the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) for basing its criticism of the judiciary in an assessment to the UN on a 2013 report by the UN Special Rapporteur for Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul.
The Supreme Court has charged HRCM with undermining the constitution and sovereignty of the Maldives by spreading lies about the judiciary in its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submission to the UN Human Rights Council.
The judges today denounced the HRCM’s statements on the judiciary as “dangerous,” “irresponsible” and poorly researched.
The HRCM denied all charges, saying the commission’s observation – that the Supreme Court controlled and influenced the judiciary to the detriment of lower courts – was based on a report by Knaul, as well as reports by International Commission of Jurists and local NGO Transparency Maldives.
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