Posted on 09/22/2015 5:40:22 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The U.N.’s Human Rights Council over the summer quietly appointed Saudi Arabia as head of a panel responsible for interviewing and shortlisting experts focusing on a range of human rights-related themes.
Among the candidates for posts considered at meetings chaired by the Saudi ambassador to the HRC, Faisal bin Hassan Trad, since May was one dealing with “violence against women, its causes and consequences” and another focused on “the independence of judges and lawyers.”
The kingdom is frequently cited by human rights advocacy groups and Western governments for the fairness of its judiciary and its treatment of women. (Last year Saudi Arabia was in 13th last place out of 142 countries, evaluated by the World Economic Forum for gaps between women and men in the areas of political empowerment, economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, and health and survival.)
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What a joke to have Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Pannel.
As if their citizens have Rights.
Let a goat be the gardener.
LOL!
I’m surprised the U.N. has not put North Korea on the Human Rights Panel?
A Muslim on a human rights panel?
And the beat goes on.
Until the plague upon civilization is destroyed.
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