UN Human Rights Council: Build on Recent Successes

The UN Human Rights Council should build on successes of the past year by continuing to improve its response to human rights violations around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Since July 2010, the Council has established international investigations on Libya, Syria, and Côte d’Ivoire, appointed an expert to investigate human rights in Iran, and spoken out after years of silence on human rights abuses in Belarus. (Geneva) – The UN Human Rights Council should build on successes of the past year by continuing to improve its response to human rights…

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