Almost 800 cases of rape, torture and murder were committed over eight months in the Central Africa Republic by armed groups, reported the UN mission MINUSCA on Friday.
MINUSCA’s first human rights report said 775 violations and abuses affecting at least 785 victims were committed between September 2014 to May 2015.
The 25 page report found that “serious challenges remain given the lack of progress towards the disarmament of armed groups and the absence of a functioning state authority in much of the territory.”
The director of MINUSCA, Musa Gassama, urged authorities to change, what was described in the report as, a “firmly rooted” culture of impunity, reports Reuters.
The UN further called on CAR authorities to deploy civil servants “in order to re-establish state authority and rule of law.”
MINUSCA’s first human rights report said 775 violations and abuses affecting at least 785 victims were committed between September 2014 to May 2015.
The 25 page report found that “serious challenges remain given the lack of progress towards the disarmament of armed groups and the absence of a functioning state authority in much of the territory.”
The director of MINUSCA, Musa Gassama, urged authorities to change, what was described in the report as, a “firmly rooted” culture of impunity, reports Reuters.
The UN further called on CAR authorities to deploy civil servants “in order to re-establish state authority and rule of law.”