{"id":1359215,"date":"2022-03-04T17:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359215"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:23:45","slug":"u-n-human-rights-group-launched-in-wake-of-russias-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-human-rights-group-launched-in-wake-of-russias-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Human Rights Group Launched in Wake of Russia&#039;s Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-n-human-rights-group-launched-in-wake-of-russias-ukraine-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The United Nations voted on Friday to launch a new dedicated human rights panel of experts to oversee the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted 32-2 to set up a panel of experts to oversee the Ukrainian conflict, with only Russia and East African country\u00a0Eritrea opposing the motion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thirteen nations \u2013 including China \u2013 abstained from the vote that was supported by several Western nations, and was initially urgently requested by Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the diplomats in attendance wore blue and yellow items which represent the colours on the Ukraine flag, to show solidarity with the war-torn nation,\u00a0<em>AP<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-boris-johnson-technology-business-ddbace81e2e09028e0da1ec37619d148\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the Human Rights Council expressed gratitude to the delegates after the vote in favour of Ukraine saying, \u201cI thank all those who voted for the right course\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20110146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238897378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20110146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238897378-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Russian ambassador Gennady Gatilov gives a speech during an urgent debate on the Ukraine conflict at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 3, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gennady Gatilov, Russia\u2019s representative to the United Nations Human Rights Office at Geneva <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/HRC\/Pages\/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=28197&#038;LangID=E\">presented<\/a> unsubstantiated allegations to the council in the discussion prior to the vote claiming that the Ukrainian government had tried to \u201cvirtually exterminate the Russian-speaking population of its country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Those opposing the Russian invasion argued that \u201cRussia\u2019s actions were a basic violation of the principles of international law and a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations also suggested that the death toll of civilian fatalities was in the \u201chundreds\u201d, compared to previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/03\/ukraine-refugee-count-hits-1-million-as-russias-invasion-rolls-on\/\">estimations<\/a> that thousands have civilians have perished due to the conflict. Although, there are still been no verified official numbers that have been published.<\/p>\n<p>The UNHRC is made up of 47 United Nations member states who are\u00a0elected by the U.N. General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Council has previously provoked controversy over who is elected as a member, with its current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/HRC\/Pages\/CurrentMembers.aspx\">membership<\/a> including nations with poor human rights records, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/dec\/15\/former-qatar-world-cup-worker-jail-term-angers-human-rights-groups-abdullah-ibhais#:~:text=2%20months%20old-,Human%20rights%20groups%20warn%20of%20&#039;serious%20issues&#039;%20as,Qatar%20World%20Cup%20worker%20jailed&#038;text=A%20former%20World%20Cup%202022,of%20a%20migrant%20workers%20strike.\">Qatar<\/a>, China, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/venezuela\">Venezuela<\/a>, Russia and Somalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations voted on Friday to launch a new dedicated human rights panel of experts to oversee the conflict in Ukraine. 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