The UN and the end of human rights
April 3, 2008, 7:52 pm |
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By Andrew L. Jaffee
The UN’s political correctness “marks the end of Universal Human Rights:”
For the past eleven years the organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 57 Islamic States, has been tightening its grip on the throat of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yesterday, 28 March 2008, they finally killed it.
With the support of their allies including China, Russia and Cuba (none well-known for their defence of human rights) the Islamic States succeeded in forcing through an amendment to a resolution on Freedom of Expression that has turned the entire concept on its head. The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression will now be required to report on the “abuse” of this most cherished freedom by anyone who, for example, dares speak out against Sharia laws that require women to be stoned to death for adultery or young men to be hanged for being gay, or against the marriage of girls as young as nine, as in Iran. …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights died yesterday. Who knows when, or if, it can ever be revived. …
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Categories, Tags: Islam, Political Correctness, United Nations (UN), Human Rights
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