Belarus: UN Human Rights Council

UN Human Rights Council: Canada was responding Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council, which is conducting its Universal Period Review of Canadas rights record, on a wide range of issues from poverty, immigration, prostitution and the criminal justice system, according to The Star. Canadas ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Elissa Golberg, offered a brief rebuttal to Belarus, but did not engage directly with the other countries that criticized Canada and OTTAWA Cuba, Iran, Belarus and Russia used a UN body Thursday to criticize Canadas human rights record, as the Canadian envoy rejected calls to develop a comprehensive national review to end violence against aboriginal women. Countries have their rights records reviewed every four years by the Geneva-based UN forum, but the Harper government has been skeptical in part because it allows countries with dubious rights records to criticize Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.