Republican Party candidate in the forthcoming US elections, Donald Trump becoming the next US President will make him a danger internationally due to his “deeply unsettling and disturbing” views, according to the United Nations.
This assertion was made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, who further cited Trump’s comments on the use of torture and his attitude to “vulnerable communities”.
The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign has been marked by a number of controversial comments.
Hussein speaking at a news briefing in Geneva said: “If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already – and unless that changes – I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view.”
Hussein stated that he was “not keen or intent on interfering in any political campaign within any particular country”, but added that when an election could result in an increase in the use of torture “or the focus on vulnerable communities in a way that suggests that they may well be deprived of their human rights, then I think it is incumbent to say so”.
Speaking at a campaign, Trump endorsed the use of torture saying; “torture works” and promised to bring back “a lot worse than waterboarding”.
Waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques previously used by US forces on terror suspects have been banned by the Obama administration.
Trump spoke of waterboarding in June saying: “I like it a lot. I don’t think it’s tough enough.”
His comments on migrants, Mexicans in particular, have drawn fire from rights activists.
Trump who branded some Mexican migrants “rapists” and “murderers”, has vowed to build a wall along the Mexican border once elected into power.
The republican candidate has also criticized the United Nations saying the UN “is not a friend of democracy.”