UN Calls on New Zealand to Fully Investigate Afghan Raid

The UN has reportedly called on New Zealand to submit the measures it has taken in order to ensure that civilian death allegations from a 2010 raid in Afghanistan are “fully investigated.” It comes after a book claimed six people were killed in the attack. The United Nation’s Committee Against Torture has asked New Zealand to investigate and respond to a list of issues prior to its examination by the UN body in Geneva, which will likely take place in 2019, according to Newshub reported. Media reported that it comes after investigative journalists Jon Stephenson and Nicky Hager released their book, ‘Hit and Run,’ in which they claimed that six Afghan civilians were killed and 15 others injured in the 2010 attack. New Zealand and most other countries – 161 in total – are signatories to the convention against torture and must demonstrate how its protective mechanisms are incorporated in New Zealand – which joined the international human rights’ treaty in 1984 and ratified it in 1989.