Recent Suspension of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council: Brief Reflections on Diverse Manoeuvres
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The suspension of a State from membership at the Human Rights Council following a vote in the UN General Assembly has only one precedent: in 2011, Libya was subject to a very similar resolution suspending its membership (see text of resolution A/RES/65/265 of March 2011). This resolution on Libya has been adopted in 2011 without a vote by UN General Assembly.
In June 2018, United States opted to withdraw from the Human Rights Council voluntarily, as a sign of solidarity with its staunch Israeli ally: Israel’s highest authorities welcomed this unprecedented gesture by their unconditional American ally