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 13 Reactions to China’s Bid for Seat on UN Human Rights Council
Allowing China to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council would call into question the Council’s credibility. China’s human rights record is well-documented. Numerous reports by the UN itself have highlighted degrading and inhumane treatment that are routine in China: forcible abortions, religious persecution, the oppression of minorities, etc. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a statement on 16 October highlighting a series of similar abuses. Former UN Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak stated that the use of torture in China is “widespread,” and any attempts to discuss individual cases with the Chinese regime—such as that of disappeared but imprisoned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng—are met with defiance, such as through the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue or any other such procedure. This statement was written in McMillan-Scott’s personal capacity.
David Matas, Award-Winning Canadian Human Rights Lawyer and Co-author of “Bloody Harvest: Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China”
Gross human rights violator states seek seats on the UN Human Rights Council in order to obtain immunity for themselves. Typically they have done that by trading votes against Israel which the states of the Organization of Islamic States (OIC) avidly seek in exchange for immunity. The OIC, because of regional bloc voting, controls the Council and has done so since its inception. The OIC states form a majority of the African and Asian states in the Council and the African and Asian states together form a majority of the Council. In order to engage in this trade of immunity for anti-Zionism, states first have to get onto the Council. China is one of a long list of violator states who have sought membership. China obviously has no interest in promoting global respect for human rights. The mere fact that it seeks membership shows the disfunctionality and perversity of the Council.
(2013-10-22/theepochtimes)
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