{"id":18662,"date":"2019-10-17T17:41:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=18662"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:39:50","slug":"brazil-wins-seat-on-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/brazil-wins-seat-on-un-human-rights-council\/","title":"Brazil wins seat on UN Human Rights Council","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday 17<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Brazil guaranteed its seat, with 153 votes, for another mandate of three years on the UN Human Rights Council,. This is the most important inter-governmental organ responsible for strengthening and promoting the protection of human rights around the world. With its election Brazil will be able to propose and vote on resolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Brazil, Venezuela and Costa Rica were also competing for the two seats available to the Grulac (the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean). Costa Rica entered the competition just three weeks ago. Once all the votes had been counted, Venezuela had won second place with 105 votes and Costa Rica had only 96 votes.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>To find out more:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/noticias\/como-sao-as-eleicoes-para-o-conselho-de-direitos-humanos-da-onu\"><b>How the elections for the UN Human Rights Council work\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the outset, the Brazilian state\u2019s request for a new mandate on the Human Rights Council was controversial. Under Bolsonaro\u2019s management, Brazilian diplomacy has taken an ideologically conservative turn, going against its historical stance on matters such as drugs and sexual and reproductive rights, has offended the memory of the father of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, who died during the Pinochet dictatorship and has attacked and upset Brazilian defenders present at the Council. In light of this, for the first time<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/noticias\/brasil-ficha-suja-conselho-direitos-humanos\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Conectas declared it was against the Brazilian candidacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Camila Asano, Programme Coordinator at Conectas, Brazil\u2019s election does not mean the government has <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carte blanche <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to act however it wishes on the Council:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a member of the Human Rights Council, the Bolsonaro government is subject to even greater public scrutiny of its actions before the body and in relation to its domestic policies.\u201d Asano said. \u201cUN rules include the possibility of an elected member being suspended or even expelled.\u201d She added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She cited the example of the case of the Philippines who was this year the target of a resolution on its human rights situation in the context of extra-judicial executions resulting from its so-called \u2018war on drugs\u2019, despite being a member of the Council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCivil society will continue its work of denouncing violations of human rights in the country, as well as monitoring Brazilian foreign policy and calling for the international community to pay greater attention to this scenario.\u201d Asano concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The elections today elected a total of 14 new members to the Human Rights Council.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2019\/10\/1049461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See here for further information (in English)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0on the countries elected.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div 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