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No. The point was to draw a line between the countries who respect humans rights and are willing to be judged and punished when they don't and the countries tha
by Iv 5y ago
No. The point was to draw a line between the countries who respect humans rights and are willing to be judged and punished when they don't and the countries that did not.
Of course China and KSA would never join. And that would give other countries a clear and objective criterion to apply sanctions and international pressure.
Instead, judging what sanction a country deserves is an arbitrary exercise of executive power.
North Korea, China, KSA, are easy cases, but what do you know of Moldova? Of Hungary? Of Malaysia? Knowing that a country is held to some international standards judged independently would be a huge progress for human rights globally.