(April 24, 2014 | Washington, DC) Today the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) sent the following letter to all members of the United Nations Security Council, including:
Samantha Power, United States
Liu Jieyi, China
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, Russian Federation
Sir Mark Lyall Grant, United Kingdom
Gérard Araud, France
María Cristina Perceval, Argentina
Gary Quinlan, Australia
Chérif Mahamat Zene, Chad
Octavio Errázuriz Guilisasti, Chile
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordan
Raimonda Murmokaitė, Lithuania
Sylvie Lucas, Luxembourg
Joy Ogwu, Nigeria
Oh Joon, Republic of Korea
Eugène-Richard Gasana, Rwanda
A periodic report on Western Sahara by the RFK Center indicates that, to this day, the Moroccan government continues systematic violations of the basic human rights of the Sahrawi people. Only a permanent independent monitoring mechanism could ensure accountability for these violations.