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United Nations Human Rights Council (view source)
Revision as of 17:12, January 19, 2009
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The '''Human Rights Council''' of the [[United Nations]] is supposed to identify and publicize violators of [[human rights]]. Some countries, however, have been able to get elected to the commission and use their membership to conceal their [[human rights violations]], such as [[genocide]] and [[crimes against humanity]].
The '''Human Rights Council''' of the [[United Nations]] is supposed to identify and publicize violators of [[human rights]]. Some countries, however, have been able to get elected to the commission and use their membership to conceal their [[human rights violations]], such as [[genocide]] and [[crimes against humanity]]. Examples include China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan.
The [[United States of America]] and its allies consider the US to be the world's foremost defender of human rights, but America's opponents have used selective citations to make the US look bad and other countries look good.
The [[United States of America]] and its allies consider the US to be the world's foremost defender of human rights, but America's opponents have used selective citations to make the US look bad and other countries look good.
[[category:United Nations]]
[[category:United Nations]]