October 3, 2022 - Viet Tan (EN)

Report: Authoritarian regimes set to win top U.N. human rights posts

UN Watch October 3, 2022

Ahead of next week’s UN election of 14 nations to its highest human rights body, a coalition of non-governmental human rights groups from Europe, the U.S. and Canada today called on UN member states to oppose the election of Afghanistan, Algeria, Sudan, Venezuela and Vietnam, which were deemed “unqualified” due to their human rights records as well as their voting records on UN resolutions concerning human rights.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam does not belong in the UN Human Rights Council

Duy Hoang October 3, 2022

According to their candidacy statement, the Hanoi regime “believes in the universality of human rights” and “attaches great importance to the adherence to and implementation of international treaties in protecting and promoting human rights in the country.” The bad news is that the reality is quite the opposite in Vietnam.