Charbonneau said HRW tried to lobby other countries among the current 45 CSW members, which include states with much better records on women’s rights like the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal and Switzerland.
“If they all raised a big enough stink, then it wouldn’t happen,” he said. “But everyone is just quiet. Someone could call a vote, and no one seems to want to do that either, which strikes me as ridiculous.”
There’s definitely something corrupt and fuckey going on here.
I’m not educated enough on the topic to argue that as a whole, but the article does say the Saudi ambassador was elected to the CSW unopposed.
The takeaway, for me, is that more sane people need to get involved at all levels (dog catcher, school boards, town councils, etc, all the way up).
There’s definitely something corrupt and fuckey going on here.
The populace does not Vote at the UN.
Ay and there’s the rub. Those jobs don’t pay well at all.