A case against joining the UN Human Rights Council

Canada must serve as the world's moral compass by affirming its commitments to human rights. However, that stand should take place outside the UNHRC, demanding that the council live up to the principles of impartiality and equality.

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on a visit to Canada in 2012. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on July 20 that inviting Netanyahu to Canada is currently 'not on the table,' saying that Canada remains friends with Israel, but must point out when it disagrees.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY NADAV STEINMAN

July 26, 2023

Nelson Mandela once explained that Canadian jurist John Humphrey was "the father of the modern human rights system." Although Humphrey is best known as the principal drafter of the Unive...

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