Senate Is Rebelling Against Russia’s Membership in the UN’s Human Rights Council

The 47-member human rights council counts among its participants some of the world’s worst rights abusers.

The American ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, March 18, 2022. AP/Jason DeCrow

The Biden administration is cool to a new drive in the Senate calling for the removal of Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council — while the world body warns that expelling Russia from the council would set a bad precedent. 

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