'The General Assembly has sent a crystal-clear message to Russia's leadership that a government whose military is routinely committing horrific rights violations has no business on the U.N. Human Rights Council,' said HRW's loucharbon.
One activist said it"sent a crystal-clear message to Russia's leadership that a government whose military is routinely committing horrific rights violations has no business" being part of the body.A majority of United Nations member states on Thursday voted to suspend Russia from the U.N. body charged with promoting and protecting human rights around the world in response to the Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and mounting war crime allegations.
"Gruesome images from Bucha have shocked people around the world," Charbonneau said."Victims and their families deserve to see those responsible held to account. Investigators from the U.N. and International Criminal Court should set the wheels of justice in motion by moving swiftly to gather and preserve evidence of war crimes."
Striking a similar tone on Twitter, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy permanent representative to the U.N.,
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