During the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s focus on Guyana, Costa Rica’s representative Rodrigo Carazo upbraided Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira for her “confrontational” responses to questions posed.
Carazo raised concerns about the credibility of reports and information provided to the committee, which did not allow for positive dialogue on the issue. He specifically mentioned two prisons in Guyana that have not been renovated for many decades and are in a dilapidated state. He did not identify these.
“With reference to the credibility of our sources who provided us with reports and information, that doesn’t allow for very … positive dialogue. When there is such a confrontational response I fear the head of delegation referred to several improvements made in one prison without naming said prison. According to the information we have received, there are two prisons in Guyana that have been in place for many decades now… not being renovated for many decades. They’re in a dilapidated state…,” he stated.
