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U.N. PUTS SAUDI ARABIA ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMISSION
FRANCE 24: Could the U.N. election of Saudi Arabia to the women's rights commission perhaps be seen as an attempt to encourage Saudi Arabia to bolster women's rights at home, to give it some kind of motivation to do so?"
Hillel Neuer: "No, absolutely not. Saudi Arabia has been on the U.N. human rights council for a decade and it hasn't improved their record one bit. Regimes seeks membership on U.N. human rights bodies for three reasons only: to ensure they'll never be condemned for their abuses; to obtain a false badge of international legitimacy; and to demoralize human rights activists at home." Watch tonight's interview with the executive director of UN Watch:
