On the recordMay 24, 2017
I think it is interesting, as you all have noted, that being elected is sometimes used as a defense that, 'Oh, our human rights cannot be that bad. We were elected to the Human Rights Council.'
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Merkley discusses how election to the Human Rights Council is misused to claim legitimacy.
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