I would submit that membership in an entity who purports to espouse particular values as it relates to basic human rights and yet allows actors who are some of the most egregious violators of those values the positions and authority that the UNHRC has over the years almost undercuts the mission purported by the entity to begin with.
Sifton critiques the UNHRC's membership policies regarding human rights violators.
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