Human Rights

New Members Elected to the Human Rights Council

By Barbara Crossette | May 5, 2011
In a secret ballot, the General Assembly elected 15 new members to the United Nations Human Rights Council on May 20. The new members did not include Syria, which had withdrawn its candidacy before the vote under pressure from human rights groups and a number of nations that included the United States. Nicaragua was also not elected, having been criticized for its rights record.


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