The lack of action by the United Nations after the brutal slaying of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi raises questions about the organisation's credibility, his fiancee said.
It was high time for the UN -- and individual countries -- to take action against those responsible, Hatice Cengiz added.
A UN rights expert who wrote a damning report on the killing also regretted the "disappointing" response from UN chief Antonio Guterres.
More than 17 months after his murder, Hatice Cengiz was at the UN in Geneva this week to press her case for justice for Khashoggi, a harsh critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and US resident, was killed on October 2, 2018 while at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul to obtain paperwork ahead of his wedding to Cengiz.
Turkish officials say a 15-man Saudi squad strangled him and cut his body into pieces. His remains were never found. Riyadh insists he was killed in a "rogue" operation.
The killing brought international condemnation, but Cengiz told reporters Monday that the lack of follow-up action was "causing me and others to question the validity of the UN".
Speaking through a translator, the Turkish researcher said it was high time for the UN to "assert themselves as the body that has a right to bring sanctions... to punish those who are guilty".
She urged world nations to launch a proper investigation and stop putting ties with Saudi Arabia before their values.
Many European nations were "really uncomfortable" with the "hideous crime", said Cergiz.
"I'm here especially to encourage the countries that (do not wish to) keep political and economic interests ahead of everything else," she said.
"Although I personally was most affected by this, the whole world knew about it."
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