By now, most people probably have already broken their New Year’s resolutions, but for anyone a little late to the game, the United Nations Human Rights Council has a resolution to offer: standing up for human rights.
Happy New Year 2017! Make *Standing Up for #HumanRights* as your New Year's resolution! https://t.co/OHRaWjXby8 #StandUp4HumanRights pic.twitter.com/V2FK3phxDV
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) December 31, 2016
Not such a sterling record, hey. But, nice graphics and lovely, lovely sentiment. Go, you!
— Sanlin (@Sanlin) December 31, 2016
Check it out — there’s even a Twitter hashtag to show the world your commitment to human rights, and tweeting it will probably do as much for the cause as the council itself. Here are some of the luminaries among 2017’s membership, courtesy of UN Watch:
Not the Onion: Meet the 2017 @UN_HRC.#Saudi#Venezuela#China#Cuba#Iraq#Qatar#Burundi#Bangladesh#ArabEmirateshttps://t.co/kRXWP8Wy1G
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) January 2, 2017
The UN will certainly be watching as the members of its Human Rights Council indulge in floggings, amputations, beheadings, assassinations, torture, disappearances, mass starvation, and more.
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
— Death's Guinea Pig 4.0 (@Bernie_Gilbert) January 2, 2017
@realDonaldTrump get this joke of an organization off our soil #deportTheUN
— Kawasook (@kawasook) January 2, 2017
Are you for real? Is the UN a parody?
— vanessa (@vanyreidenbach) January 2, 2017
The UN is for real, all right, but as Garry Kasparov reminds us all, it’s certainly outlived its usefulness.
The UN Human Rights Council. Or UN "Human Rights" Council. Another sick joke from an obsolete organization. https://t.co/U22YtL3yc9
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 2, 2017
Yikes! Only Bangladesh has a 10% shot at being a legit member. The UN, & world, is spiraling down quickly. What will remain?
— Dr. J (@DrJWinter) January 2, 2017
The UN Human Rights Council. Or UN "Human Rights" Council. Another sick joke from an obsolete organization. https://t.co/U22YtL3yc9
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 2, 2017
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