"If countries fail to meet standards, they can and should be rejected from the HRC" - Hillel Neuer
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Channel: UN Watch · 2015 · News & Politics
In an October 27, 2015 press conference at UN headquarters opposing the candidacies of several countries (among which Venezuela, Pakistan and UAE) to the UN Human Rights Council -- sponsored by UN Watch, the Lantos Foundation and Human Rights Foundation -- UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer spoke about a broad range of human rights issues and the manifold challenges that human rights defenders face. See UN Watch's report on countries who competed in the 2015 elections: http://www.unwatch.org/venezuela-uae-elected-to-hrc-pakistan-defeated/
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