Rogel @ April 30, 2008 # One Comment
The question of just war was, and still is, a source for many philosophical discussions. It was not only a theoretical question but a question that leaders considered practically, even if only for the purpose of legitimacy. It was also the justification establishing the league of nations and its younger, and equally failure, the UN. [...]
A new chapter in uncovering the true nature of the UN Human Right Mockery Council. This time its new appointee to special rapporteur on the “situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.”:
Falk’s conception of human rights—remember, this is what he is tasked to monitor for the UN—is also colored by his [...]
Since I already broke my rule about writing on UN issues I feel obligated to link to this post. It is always interesting to note what the UN Human Rights Mockery Council consider human rights. Freedom of speech isn’t one of them apparently:
So prohibiting dissemination of ideas based upon religious superiority “is compatible with the [...]
I breaking my old decision not to right about the UN Human Rights Mockery Council, I simply can’t resist the irony:
Switzerland’s Jean Ziegler has been appointed to a United Nations advisory body for human rights.
He won most votes for the seat designated for western countries at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in [...]