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“Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world” as the powerful trample on international law, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“The rule of law is being outmuscled by the rule of force,” he said at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council’s annual session in Geneva on Monday.

Guterres stressed that “this assault is not coming from the shadows or by surprise. It is happening in plain sight – and often led by those who hold the greatest power.”

He did not mention specific situations although he did voice outrage at Russia’s war in Ukraine, where he said more than 15,000 civilians had been killed in four years of violence.

“It is more than past time to end the bloodshed,” he said.

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[–] astraeus@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Reminder that, when the UN declaration of human rights was signed:

  • the US was still under Jim Crow laws
  • France was still colonizing Algeria

and probably a million other things i’m forgetting

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

England was still controlling a lot of territories in December 1948 when it was signed too.

Might makes rights vanish.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

TRUMP SHOULD BE ARRESTED