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The United Nations Human Rights Council held its annual membership elections on Wednesday, resulting in the admission of several human rights violating regimes such as Qatar, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo , and Bolivia.
The Human Rights Council is nominally a body intended to address global human rights abuses and establish coherent global human rights standards. In reality, however, it has for years allowed brutal dictatorships considerable leverage in its activities, neutralizing its potential for positive change.
The incoming class of members will replace outgoing states including the UAE, Lithuania, and the United States. Bolivia has been living under the shadow of brutal communist would-be dictator Evo Morales since his attempt to unlawfully remain in power in 2019. After the Organization of American States a report suggesting widespread voter fraud in the 2019 presidential election, Morales, who allegedly won, fled the country along with his top officials, leaving the highest-ranking person in the line of succession to be conservative then-Senator Jeanine Áñez.
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