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How the U.N. Human Rights Council Ends Up With So Many Human Rights Abusers

A lot of it comes down to politics.
Emma Rogers6 hr ago63

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As the U.N. Human Rights Council wrapped up its session this week, it passed 13 resolutions dealing with human rights abuses in varying regions of the world: Eritrea (for war crimes in the Ethiopian region of Tigray), Belarus (for ongoing civil society repression), Myanmar (for the ongoing genocide of Rohingya Muslims), and others.

What’s notable about the resolution on Eritrea is that Eritrea is actually a member of the UNHRC. Should an organization with a mission “to work for the protection of all human rights for all people; to help empower people to realize their rights; and to assist those responsible for upholding such rights in ensuring that they are implemented” welcome as members the very states carrying out abuses?

Such cognitive dissonance leads many to question the value of a governing body on human rights. Along with Eritrea, Venezuela, Somalia, Russia, and China are current members of the council. It’s a problem that has plagued the council for years, and even a reorganization (from commission to council) undertaken by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2006 has done little to fix the problem...

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Situation in Belarus, Eritrea and the Tigray region addressed at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council

14. 7. 2021Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Mission to the Office of the United Nations and to the Other International Organisations in Geneva

The 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva comes to an end today. At the initiative of the European Union, the Council discussed the human rights situation in Belarus, Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia. As the country presiding the Council of the EU, Slovenia presented the three initiatives that seek to improve the respective human rights situations and call on the authorities to respect their international human rights commitments...

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15 Jul 2021, 12:44

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AHMED M. IBRAHIM: @AHMEDMIBRAHIM6

F@ck the UN & f@ck all terrorist, qondafat, chicken-shít ugume!