Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform. And in the past, countries such as Libya, Iran and Syria have participated on this council.
Global human rights law prescribes global norms of conduct. It leaves the question of how to enforce these norms to the countries themselves.
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own people here at home.
In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.
Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform.
When countries with the worst possible human rights records sit on the UNHRC, seek to deflect attention from their own egregious human rights abuses and attempt to pass judgment on Israel - a country with a vibrant liberal democracy - the credibility of the UNHRC is further undermined, and the United States must not be silent.
There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time.
Business must go on reiterating its absolute commitment to embedding human rights in all it does, driving industry change through collaboration with governments, international organizations, and each other.
Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.
