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Kofi Annan And the Human Rights Council

Kofi Annan takes to the pages of the Christian Science Monitor for Human Rights Day on December 10 to extol the value, utility and virtue of the Human Rights Council:

Human Rights Council Once Again Proves Its Worth

At some point in the near future, the ICC will issue an arrest warrant for Bashar al Assad. When that day comes, remember that it was the Human Rights Council that kicked off the series of events that lead to Assad ending up on a most-wanted list.

How “Free” is the Human Rights Council?

There's some grumbling among a certain cadre of UN critics that the new elections to the Human Rights Council failed to produce a majority of "free" countries to the council, as rated by Freedom House.

New Human Rights Council Members Elected

No real surprises here. The Syria drama ended two weeks ago when Syria dropped out of the race following Kuwait's announcement that it was running for one of the four Asia seats.  Still, Syria won five votes as a write in candidate, which is kind of silly.

Syria Drops Human Rights Council Bid

Ever since Syria's candidacy was announced, the United States and its allies have been pushing hard for another Asian country to effectively run against Syria.