The UN Human Rights Council makes a fool of itself again

Published May 21, 2018 3:27pm ET



Leave it to the United Nations Human Rights Council: It never misses an opportunity to subvert human rights and, by doing so, it encourages terrorism and sullies the broader U.N. brand.

For decades, now, U.N. Watch has chronicled its descent into the absurd, and its fixation with Israel-bashing regardless of the circumstances. Consider Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the U.N. Human Rights commissioner. He saw no irony in a special session to condemn Israel followed by a call for inquiry. So what Prince Zeid apparently believes is verdict first, investigation second?

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