Israel Matzav

If it ain't fixable, don't waste resources trying to fix it

UN Watch publishes remarks made by Trevor S. Norwitz to the Lawfare Project Conference on October 5.

Most of the remarks are showing the similarities between the Goldstone Report and the UN 'Human Rights Council's report on the 'Guerilla Flotilla' as Norwitz calls it.

It would be worth your while to read the whole thing.

At the end, he makes some remarks about the 'Human Rights Council' that ought to be sent to anybody and everybody in Washington. Here's the punch line.

Where I have far less confidence is in the institutions that are being entrusted to implement these laws. In particular the so-called “human rights” organs of the United Nations. It is becoming increasingly clear that these bodies, in particular the “Human Rights Council,” are not capable of being a force for good in the world. To the old saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” I’d like to offer a corollary: “If it ain’t fixable, don’t waste resources trying.” The U.S. made a good effort at constructive engagement with the Council but it is clear that it has not worked. The HRC is not in need of a design tweak, it is rotten and malignant to the core. I believe that the single most significant step that could be taken to put an end to the abuse of international law is for the US to disengage from that contemptible body.

Indeed.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:40 AM