The U.S. Is Right to Shun the U.N. Human Rights Council


 

Publication Date: May 2008

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Brett D. Schaefer

Research Area: Human rights; International relations

Keywords: International organizations; Sudan; Cuba; israel

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The U.N. Human Rights Council is a sham that does not effectively promote or protect human rights. Until the Council takes its responsibilities seriously--censuring major human rights abusers, exposing their reprehensible actions to public scrutiny, and eschewing its disproportionate focus on Israel--the U.S. should sever its ties to the Council completely.