US leaving UN Human Rights Council – 'a cesspool of political bias'

Posted by arunc on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @09:19PM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/haley-pompeo-human-rights-bias/index.html

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Re:US leaving UN Human Rights Council – 'a cesspool of polit... by legostormtroopr on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:18PM (#17352301)

Are they wrong?

How is it that’s Saudi Arabia, a country with an abysmal human rights record, is granted a seat in the UNHRC?

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Re:US leaving UN Human Rights Council – 'a cesspool of polit... by ffsc on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:56AM (#17352933)

Saudi Arabia got a seat because there were four open spots for the Asia region and four countries put forth their candidacy.

If any other Asia region country campaigned for a position Saudi Arabia would have lost.

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Re:US leaving UN Human Rights Council – 'a cesspool of polit... by jsiepkes on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:29AM (#17352817)

>and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable.

I guess with the whole child separation debacle the US should currently be glad about that....

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Re:US leaving UN Human Rights Council – 'a cesspool of polit... by mikejb on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @02:34AM (#17353065)

Remember the abduction & torture system they ran for years during the Afghanistan&Iraq war? They indeed better don't complain too much about 'failure to hold human rights abusers accountable'.

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