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On 7 April the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council.  This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Council, but for the future of other United Nations institutions. I do not wish to overestimate the consequences of the GA decision.  Obviously, it More

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