TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has condemned the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for allowing Syria’s candidacy for a seat on the UN’s human rights body. Due to the UN’s fixed, regionalized election process, Syria’s bid could well secure a seat for the blood-soaked regime at the UNHRC, which shields and rewards the world’s worst human rights abusers, while chastising beacons of democracy and freedom, such as the US, Canada and Israel.
Frank Dimant, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, issued the following statement:
“Yet again the UNHRC has displayed its systematic hypocrisy, as the UN body, formulated to advance human rights internationally, continues to chip away at any scrap of legitimacy it holds with its constant, seemingly institutional defiance of logic. Close to 16,000 people have been murdered as the Assad regime clings to power at any cost, and yet, the Council still allows amongst its ranks the world’s worst human rights abuser today. If the Council’s previous actions have not yet proven the biased agenda of the UN body, Syria’s official candidacy must stand as conclusive evidence.”
