Activists say Vietnam needs to change its perception of human rights to improve the country’s human rights record and contribute more to the international community as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the 2023-2025 term. Despite…
On October 3, three human rights organizations released a joint report calling on member states of the United Nations (UN) not to elect Vietnam and four other authoritarian countries to the UN Human Rights Council. UN Watch, Human Rights Foundation,…
On April 7, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly voted to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on accusations of human rights violations in Ukraine, with 93 votes in favor, 24 votes against, and 58 abstentions. Vietnam was…
It is worth noting that Vietnam, along with China, and North Korea… are among the 24 countries that voted against this resolution, even though Hanoi had twice abstained before to show its neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to experts,…
On September 23, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for international support for Vietnam’s seat of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 2023 that Hanoi is aiming for. Speaking at the high-level joint discussion session of the 76th UN…
