Israel Matzav: Crying over human rights

Crying over human rights

Writing in Monday's New York Times, former Czech President Vaclav Havel decries the 'elections' that are due to take place for places on the UN 'Human Rights Council' later this week, because once again countries with poor human rights records are going to be elected in uncontested elections.

Only 20 countries are running for 18 open seats. The seats are divided among the world’s five geographic regions and three of the five regions have presented the same number of candidates as there are seats, thus ensuring there is no opportunity to choose the best proponents of human rights each region has to offer.

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Israel Matzav: Crying over human rights