UN Human Rights Council votes to open probe into Aleppo ‘war crimes’

‘The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has voted to open an “independent special inquiry” into the situation in Aleppo, Syria. The resolution published by the High Commissioner for Human Rights already says Syrian “government forces and their allies are responsible”
A resolution aimed at reviewing alleged human rights violations in Aleppo was introduced by Britain and its Western and Arab allies. The document was approved Friday, with Russia and China voting against the draft.
The council has requested that the International Commission of Inquiry “conduct a comprehensive independent special inquiry into the events in Aleppo.” It also urges the body to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the alleged abuses.’
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And who runs the UN Human Rights Council?
Flashback September 2015 – Anger after Saudi Arabia ‘chosen to head key UN human rights panel’

‘The United Nations is coming under fire for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role even though the Kingdom has “arguably the worst record in the world” on freedoms for women, minorities and dissidents.
Critics, including the wife of imprisoned pro-democracy blogger Raif Badawi – sentenced to 1000 lashes for blogging about free speech – say that the appointment is “scandalous” and means that “oil trumps human rights”.
Mr Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, who is leading an international campaign to free her husband, said on Facebook that handing the role to Faisal bin Hassan Trad, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador at the UN in Geneva, was effectively “a green light to start flogging [him] again”.
UN Watch, an independent campaigning NGO, has discovered that Mr Trad, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador at the UN in Geneva, has been elected as chair of a panel of independent experts on the UN Human Rights Council.’
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Saudi Arabia at Human Rights Council = ‘A pyromaniac as town’s fire chief’