UN votes yes to probe alleged human rights abuses in Russia

Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room in UN Geneva used by the United Nations Human Rights Council with ceiling sculpture by the prominent contemporary Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo. File Picture: S.P. Vogel

Members voted 17 in favour and six against, with 24 abstaining. The move is the first time that the 16-year-old Human Rights Council has set up a Special Rapporteur to examine the rights record of one of its so-called P5 members, which hold permanent seats on the Security Council. Nearly 50 countries brought the motion including Britain, all EU countries, barring Hungary, as well as the US, Ukraine, Japan and Colombia. Those who voted against were China, Venezuela, Cuba, Eritrea, Bolivia and Kazakhstan.

Russia’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said the motion contained a “stream of false allegations”.

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