UN General Assembly votes on Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly, made up of the organization’s 193 member states, will meet this Thursday in New York to vote on the request to suspend Russia of the Human Rights Council, confirmed today a spokesman for this body.

Ukraine, United States and the United Kingdom started this movement in general Assembly after the serious exactions of which the Russian troops are accused in Ukrainesuch as the massacre of civilians in Bucha and other locations.

Several other countries, including Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, support this request.

To that end, the promoters of Russia’s suspension have circulated a draft resolution stating: “It is decided to suspend the membership rights of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation.”

According to the applicable rules, if two thirds of the votes are obtained, Russia would be suspended from the Human Rights Council, the most important multilateral body in this field at a global level and whose essential mission is the defense of fundamental rights and freedoms.

Several episodes of the war in Ukraine that have been attributed to the Russian forces – in addition to the massacres they are accused of attacks on civilian infrastructure and indiscriminate bombing of residential areas – may constitute war crimes, according to specialized United Nations agencies.

There is only one precedent for the suspension of a member state of the Human Rights Council: Libya, from which it withdrew in March 2011, after the violent repression of protests against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

Source: Elcomercio

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