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The more interesting question to me is, how does a country with a human rights record like China get to provide the head of Interpol? edit: President is electe
by the_duke 8y ago
The more interesting question to me is, how does a country with a human rights record like China get to provide the head of Interpol?
edit: President is elected by the General Assembly [1]
[1] https://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/Structure-and-governance/President https://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/Structure-and-govern...
- ethbro 8y ago元
- ptaipale 8y agoOne could ask the same question about things like United Nations Human Rights Council. The answer is that money, and representation of all governments is what counts. It leads to rather absurd outcomes.
- secfirstmd 8y agoTrue. I mean in reality though, there would probably be very few countries on the UN HRC if the position required being holier than though.
- bashallah 8y agoNot to be a dick but it’s “thou”
- cirgue 8y agoFriends close, enemies closer. The UN has a long history of trying to promote human rights through engagement because it is generally more successful than the alternatives. Trying to overlay interpersonal morality onto geopolitics leads to some pretty dark places.
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- emodendroket 8y agoAn international body that shuts out China can't really claim legitimately to represent "international" consensus, can it? Globally, one in five people is Chinese.
- Chinese 8y agoYou have no right to force us to accept your human rights! We Chinese people believe if there is poverty, if you have nothing to eat, you absolutely have no human right. So our government has lifted 700 million people out of poverty, and this is real HUMAN RIGHT!