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ect-the-rapporteurs-report/> ERITREA-10 Reasons Why the UN Should Reject the
Rapporteur's Report
by <
http://stesfamariam.com/author/sophietm7/> sophietm7
Posted on
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ect-the-rapporteurs-report/> October 27, 2014
John Philpot, an international lawyer, writing in the recently published
book "Justice Belied" writes how overriding selectivity of international law
deprives it of legitimacy. He says discriminatory justice is not justice,
and describes an international system where "selective prosecution" and the
"impunity granted to major powers" undermines its credibility and efficacy.
Today, the Human Rights Council's integrity is being undermined by
"selective prosecution" and the "impunity" of certain states who insist on
using the UNHRC as an instrument of their foreign policy. Since its
establishment in 2006 as the successor body to the disestablished Commission
on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, has a mandate to strengthen the
promotion and protection of human rights, to address situations of human
rights violations and make recommendations.
Reconstituted as the UNHRC in 2006, the new forty-seven member body has a
higher threshold for membership as well as a universal periodic review (UPR)
process, which evaluates the human rights records of states, including those
on the council. Unfortunately, it has not been spared the political
machinations by some powers who insist on using this and other international
bodies to advance their foreign policy agendas.
UN Resolution 65/251 stresses that the work of the UN Human Right Council
(UN HRC) shall be guided by the principles of impartiality, objectivity and
non-selectivity.......
This is also last year's article of Sophia Tesfamariam on the same theme:
http://stesfamariam.com/2013/12/06/eritrea-un-rapporteur-ought-to-recuse-her
self-and-un-hrc-should-annul-her-politically-motivated-mandate/
Read it in PDF attachment below:
Berhane
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