Appeal against Electing the Occupied Iraq to the UN Human Rights Council

Appeal against Electing the Occupied Iraq to the UN Human Rights Council (May 7, 2006)
In light of Iraq's nomination to the new UN Human Rights Council, human rights groups in Iraq urge UN member states to vote against Baghdad's membership to the Council. The current Iraqi regime, they point out, is largely a continuation of the US-appointed Governing Council, and does not represent a free Iraq. Along with Iraq's government, US occupation forces have committed "gross and systematic" violations of human rights. As such, Iraqi membership to the Human Rights Council would complicate political negotiations in Iraq. (Monitoring Network of Human Rights in Iraq)

 

Doesn't The U.N. Human Rights Council include The Sudan, Lybia, Iran, Ect.


It seems like The Council itself is a joke. Including Iraq seems like the least of its problems.

 

It is a democratically elected government. People risked their lives to vote.