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On April 7 the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council over “gross and systematic human rights abuses” in Ukraine. SWI swissinfo.ch looks at how this will affect the council’s work and at the wider implications.This content was published on April 13, 2022 – 21:30April 13, 2022 – 21:30Julia Crawford Akiko UeharaOther language: 1 (EN original) The only other country to have been voted off the Human Rights Council is Libya. That happened in 2011 in response to grave violations by the regime of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Russia’s suspension is the first...
