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The UN Human Rights Council: Five Things to Know

Overview of the UN Human Rights Council during the emergency debate on human rights and humanitarian situation in Syria at the United Nations in Geneva

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  • Stewart M. Patrick
    James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program

The UN Human Rights Council has taken an increasingly prominent role in pressing for global action on the Syrian crisis. In the latest installment of the Internationalist Video Series, I explain how this furthers the revival of the world’s preeminent rights body, which replaced a discredited rights commission. Watch below for the five things you need to know about the reconstituted forum:

http://youtu.be/hnX-DTA50xM

Watch this video on youtube here.