The US and UN need to swiftly bring China and Japan to the negotiating table over the archipelago in the South China Sea before an increasingly assertive China responds to the dispute militarily.
The Human Rights Council is responsible “for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights.” Given this responsibility, the election of Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba and Russia is paradoxical.
The US Department of Defense's recent responses to allegations of torture demonstrates a growing need to justify state practice through international law.
