Other members on the Human Rights Council include Russia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Angola. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced
it will appear before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
next week to seek support for its fight against voter identification
laws enacted in U.S. states.
…”The power of the U.N. on state governments historically is to shame
them and to put pressure on the U.S. government to bring them into line
with global standards, best practices for democracy,” NAACP President
Benjamin Jealous told reporters Thursday. “There are plenty of examples —
segregation of the U.S. to apartheid in South Africa to the death
penalty here in the U.S. — of global outrage having an impact.” Link.
