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Jun 21st, 2018 5 min read
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Senior Research Fellow, International Regulatory Affairs
Brett D. Schaefer is the Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs at Heritage s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks to the press together with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. TOYA SARNO JORDAN/REUTERS/Newscom
Key Takeaways
The council is flawed, inconsistent, heavily biased against Israel, and plagued by a membership list that includes some of the world’s worst human rights violators.
Human Rights Council is notably unable to condemn human rights violations in powerful or influential countries like China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe.
Source: Amnesty International NZ
The Philippine government must urgently put an end to the surge in often-deadly threats against judges and lawyers, Amnesty International said today, echoing the concerns of the countryâs own Supreme Court and Senate this week.
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âWhen the countryâs own Supreme Court and Senate are seized of the death toll facing the legal profession, it should be clear to everyone that the situation is disastrous,â said Emerlynne Gil, Amnesty Internationalâs Deputy Regional Director.
âPresident Duterte continues to incite killings and the climate of impunity across the Philippines is catastrophic, with lawyers and judges increasingly the targets.Â
UN Rights Body Renews Robust Scrutiny over South Sudan hrw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hrw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Philippines: Surge in killings of lawyers and judges shows justice system in deadly danger amnesty.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from amnesty.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.