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How the Abusive Protect the Repressive at the U.N.

FindLaw's Writ - Mariner: How the Abusive Protect the Repressive at the U.N. (via IP):

Sudan, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Russia: one thing these countries have in common is that their governments violate human rights flagrantly and systematically. But another thing they share, astonishingly enough, is membership on the U.N. body meant to monitor and prevent human rights violations.

Pakistan, China, Egypt, Congo--the list goes on. When it comes to rights-abusing countries, the 53-member U.N. Commission on Human Rights has plenty of depth.

Why anyone entertains the idea that the United Nations has any moral legitimacy is beyond me.

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