Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Council
Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body
Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid
Saudi Arabia narrowly fails to win seat on U.N. Human Rights Council
Saudi Arabia narrowly failed on Wednesday to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a blow to Riyadh's efforts to boost the country's rights reputation abroad and four years after it was rejected in a 2020 bid to join the 47-member body.
UN Members Reject Saudi Bid to Join Its Human Rights Council
United Nations members rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to join the organization’s Human Rights Council amid opposition from activists who say the Gulf nation remains among the worst human rights offenders globally.
Saudi fails in bid to join UN human rights council
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia was thwarted Wednesday (Oct 9) in its bid to join the UN's human rights council, which is charged with protecting freedoms globally, after coming sixth in a vote of UN members for one of five regional seats.
Saudi Arabia fails to win seat at top UN human rights body
Losing a seat at the UN Human Rights Council for the second consecutive election shows Riyadh's failure to improve tainted human rights image, say groups
Civil society groups oppose Kenya’s UN Human Rights Council seat bid
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MPs pile pressure on Labour to oppose Saudi bid to join UN’s Human Rights Council
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