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Autocracies are using their majority on the UN Human Rights Council to shield each other from oversight. China, for example, has tapped old allies and new economic partners to evade criticism for documented abuses.
China and its autocratic allies are using their majority on the United Nations Human Rights Council to shield each other from oversight. The result is a UN body led by countries with substandard human rights records.
No matter where one stands on the complex and emotive dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region, it is safe to say the West comes away looking ridiculous from the sudden exodus of its
From the blog of Michael Weil at The Times of Israel
The responsibility for this state of decay lies with all institutions...