Tag Archives | United Nations Human Rights Council

The heinous instrumentalisation of Human Rights against Nicaragua

Originally published: MintPress News on March 6, 2023 by Stephen Sefton (more by MintPress News) | (Posted Mar 11, 2023)

Last week saw the advance release of a summary of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s still-pending detailed report on Nicaragua. The report supposedly results from an investigation by a group of experts of “all alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in Nicaragua since April 2018.”
U.S. Exceptionalism Surges Again. Will It Fly?

Originally published: Indian Punchline on February 27, 2021 (more by Indian Punchline) |

In a statement marking the “return” of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken disclosed that the Biden Administration is placing democracy and human rights at the centre of American foreign policy.
International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into U.S. police violence

Originally published: The World on December 14, 2020 by Rupa Shenoy (more by The World) | (Posted Dec 19, 2020)

The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.