Kenya was among 58 countries that abstained from the United Nations General Assembly vote to expel Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights Council. This is not the first time that a Member State has had its membership of the Human Rights Council suspended. Under the 2006 resolution that established the Council, the General Assembly can suspend a country from membership if it commits gross and systematic violations of human rights. “These States for many years have directly been involved in blatant and massive violations of human rights, or abetted those violations,” he said, speaking through an interpreter.

Source: Daily Nation April 08, 2022 15:18 UTC