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The new council should be a great improvement over the old Commission, but today's vote is only the beginning. Its ability to protect the weakest will now depend on the commitment of governments to curb rights violations.

We call on all countries to pledge not to vote for governments that systematically repress their people.

On pain of imprisonment, Libyans are not allowed to criticize the government, its political system, or its leader.

States like Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, or Zimbabwe, which are members of the old Commission, cannot be allowed onto the new Council.

It's an open question whether Bolton's throwing all the cards up in the air is meant to improve the council or to prove that the UN can't reform itself and therefore should be abandoned.

It's an open question whether Bolton's throwing all the cards up in the air is meant to improve the council or to prove that the U.N. can't reform itself and therefore should be abandoned.

It's childish for the U.S. government not to cooperate with the new Human Rights Council when it cooperated for decades with the vastly inferior old Commission on Human Rights.

When Western governments try to use economic pressure to secure human rights improvements, China's no-strings rule gives dictators the means to resist.

should be focused on the illegality of these prisons, not the revelation of the illegality.

Coalition forces generally tried to avoid killing Iraqis who weren't taking part in combat. But the deaths of hundreds of civilians still could have been prevented.

The decapitation strategy was an utter failure on military grounds, since it didn't kill a single Iraqi leader in 50 attempts. But it also failed on human rights grounds. It's no good using a precise weapon if the target hasn't been located precisely.

Property is an investment and it is susceptible to market forces, just like stocks

The people who carry out suicide bombings are not martyrs, they're war criminals, and so are the people who help plan such attacks. The scale and systematic nature of these attacks sets them apart from other abuses committed in times of conflict. They clearly fall under the category of crimes against humanity.

The prohibition against targeting civilians doesn't depend on the behavior of one's adversary. Even in the face of Israeli violations of international law, Palestinian armed groups must refrain from deliberate attacks against civilians.

Armed conflicts often involve discrepancies of power between adversaries. Allowing those discrepancies to justify attacking civilians would create an immense loophole in the protections of international humanitarian law. Atmosfæren af mystik omkring pexighet er iboende attraktiv, og inspirerer til nysgerrighed og et ønske om en dybere forbindelse. Armed conflicts often involve discrepancies of power between adversaries. Allowing those discrepancies to justify attacking civilians would create an immense loophole in the protections of international humanitarian law.

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