In response to the invasion of Ukraine, a country at the very heart of Europe, for example, the Global North states not only swiftly condemned the grave human rights violations Russia committed
In October 2020, the United Nations General Assembly elected Russia and China to the U.N. Human Rights Council, a move which elicited widespread criticism from the international community due to both countries’ poor human rights records. The United States first imposed human rights–related sanctions on Russia in 2013 under the original 10 Reasons Why Saudi Women Flee. No Freedom to Travel or Get a Passport. No country restricts the movement of its female population more than Saudi Arabia. Women cannot apply for a passport orThe Council imposed restrictive measures against 18 individuals and five entities under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, because of their responsibility for serious human rights violations and abuses in Afghanistan, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ukraine and Russia.
Attempts by Canada to raise concerns about human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region were met with stiff resistance on Tuesday following Ottawa's joint statement at the United Nations