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Lauber says Human Rights Council is inherently political but defends its role in upholding international law
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Ambassador Joerg Lauber said the Human Rights Council’s political character is a fact but insisted that multilateral debate remains essential for protecting human rights.
Ambassador Joerg Lauber, president of the United Nations Human Rights Council, told reporters that the council’s political nature is a fact but that multilateral debate remains necessary to protect human rights.
A reporter asked whether the council is politicized, citing examples including U.S. statements about Xinjiang and weapons supplied to Gaza. Lauber responded: “The Human Rights Council is a political body… Rarely, all the countries who participate in debate agreed as political arguments, differences, positioning, alliance making. So that…
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