UN: Deny Venezuela Human Rights Council Seat
Several States with Abysmal Records Seek Spots on UN’s Top Rights Body
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109Americas_Venezuela_HRC.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=is8vJVBl)
Several States with Abysmal Records Seek Spots on UN’s Top Rights Body
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85th Pre-session
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The island nation’s economic crisis is also a political and human rights calamity. There can be no justice until the rights of ordinary Sri Lankans are safe.
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