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Wendy Sherman: “The continued election of countries with problematic human rights records to the Human Rights Council remains one of the…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
The continued election of countries with problematic human rights records to the Human Rights Council remains one of the principal flaws of the Council.
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Wendy Sherman
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Sherman criticizes the election of human rights violators to the Council.

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