Haley pointed to what she said are egregious human rights violations in Venezuela, a council member, and said if the country cannot reform it should step down from the rights council. “Countries like Venezuela, Cuba, China, Burundi and Saudi Arabia occupy positions that obligate them to, in the words of the resolution that created the Human Rights Council, ‘uphold the highest standards’ of human rights,” Haley said in remarks at the Graduate Institute Geneva. It reinforces our growing suspicion that the Human Rights Council is not a good investment of our time, money and national prestige.”The council risks becoming as discredited as its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission, Haley said. That 60-year-old body was disbanded in 2006 as irredeemably tainted by its protection of abusers, and the Human Rights Council was formed as a fresh start. “America does not seek to leave the Human Rights Council.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 11:45 UTC