GENEVA: UN Rights Council on Thursday rejected Western motion to hold debate on allegations human rights abuse in china Xinjiang region after a UN report revealed possible crimes against humanity.
The loss (19 against, 17 for) is only the second time in the council’s 16-year history that a motion has been defeated and is seen by observers as a setback for both accountability efforts and the Western moral authority on human rights.
The loss (19 against, 17 for) is only the second time in the council’s 16-year history that a motion has been defeated and is seen by observers as a setback for both accountability efforts and the Western moral authority on human rights.
