Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Caroline Dwyer:

Our understanding for our visit to Geneva is that the UN special rapporteur has written at least three letters of allegation based on submissions and amendments to those submissions we made. That is the highest level of complaint the UN can make. The UN does not carry out investigations. It examines the evidence, makes a conclusion and writes the letter of allegation. That is as far as the process goes. That is why we moved into the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights scenario.

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