Putting Cuba in a UN Human Rights Commission is a travesty

November 13, 2013

Putting Cuba in a UN Human Rights Commission is a travesty
Silvio Canto, Jr.

It's official - and Cuba is in:
"China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba and Algeria won seats
Tuesday on the U.N. Human Rights Council, riling independent human
rights groups who said their election undermined the rights watchdog's
credibility.
The General Assembly elected 14 new members to the 47-seat Geneva-based
council, which can shine a spotlight on rights abuses by adopting
resolutions -- when it chooses to do so. It also has dozens of special
monitors watching problem countries and major issues ranging from
executions to drone strikes."
The travesty here is that some of these countries have not allowed UN
inspectors to investigate human rights violations in their countries,
according to Human Rights Watch.
What a cast of characters. I can't wait until they have a human rights
violation case or issue come to the council. What will Cuba say when
another member throws dissidents in jail or harasses critics?
P. S. You can hear my chat with Marc Masferrer, editor of Uncommon Sense
& follow me on Twitter @ scantojr.

Source: "Blog: Putting Cuba in a UN Human Rights Commission is a
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