HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF CANADA, CUBA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(WorldNews Switzerland)

21 September 2018 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Canada, Cuba and the Russian Federation. Rosemary McCarney, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Canada viewed the Universal Periodic Review as an important tool among United Nations mechanisms to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Government recognized that challenges remained in many areas, and the received recommendations would inform its decisions on how to address those challenges. As enshrined in the Constitution, some of those issues fell under the federal jurisdiction and provincial and territorial jurisdiction,...