UN wrong on rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council, which was established in June 2006, has just had its second session and the outcome is a real disappointment. As explained here, Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director of Human Rights Watch accuses that: “In the face of atrocities in the Sudan, attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka, and impunity for mass murder in Uzbekistan, this council was largely silent. As the premier international human rights body, the council needs to demonstrate its credibility by taking robust action against violator states.”
Since I’ve recently returned from a holiday in Uzbekistan, I was particularly disappointed to read that, despite the Uzbek government’s abusive crackdown following the massacre of hundreds of unarmed protesters in Andijan in May 2005, the council refused to publicly address the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, deciding instead to continue to examine the situation in private.