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For years, the U.N. Human Rights Commission was dominated by the worst human-rights offenders in the world: China, Cuba, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia--everybody.(The Week)(Brief article)

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For years, the U.N. Human Rights Commission was dominated by the worst human-rights offenders in the world: China, Cuba, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia--everybody. They spent most of their time condemning Israel, which is probably the favorite sport of the U.N. In 2006, the Human Rights Commission changed its name: to the Human Rights Council. But it did not change its spots. In its three-year existence, the Human Rights Council has held ten regular sessions on human rights worldwide and five special sessions to condemn Israel. Israel is the only nation barred from ...

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