一项独立调查的结论是，“各国有义务'逮捕据称犯下或本命令犯下本报告所述国际罪行的人”
A 22-page report was published on February 25, 2019, titled, “Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protest in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The report stated that the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution S-28/1 mandated that
The other member states voted onto the council have their own dubious human rights records, including Mexico, Spain, Australia, Pakistan, Ukraine and Qatar.
U.S. and British diplomats rebuked the United Nations on Monday for including the Congo to its Human Rights Council despite the recent discovery there of mass graves. One of 15 countries admitted to the 47-member U.N. body this morning, Congo had run unopposed among the African states but still required a majority of votes to
As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Saudi Arabia is forbidden to execute anyone arrested under the age of 18.
In a move that has drawn severe criticism from numerous organizations and activist groups from around the world, Saudi Arabia, which was tapped last week to head the Human Rights Council at the UN, is preparing to crucify and behead a protester who was still a minor at the time of his arrest, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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Some groups are bucking the trend of arguing that legal prostitution reduces human trafficking.
Already legalized in 50 countries and partially legal in 11 other countries, including the U.S., the U.N. Human Rights Council says one way to end human trafficking is to legalize prostitution.
Though prostitution is not legal
