Guterres calls on int’l community to tackle ‘intolerable’ impunity

Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, condemned what he described as a growing level of impunity worldwide, calling it both “politically indefensible” and “morally intolerable”. Speaking in the UN Assembly Hall on Tuesday, Mr Guterres called out a “growing number of governments and others” who feel entitled to a “get out of jail free” card. “They can trample international law. They can violate the United Nations Charter,” he said. “They can turn a blind eye to international human rights conventions or the decisions of international courts,” he added.