On April Fool’s Day, China joined an exclusive group of five nations that selects the UN’s independent human rights experts. Since then it has wasted no time making a mockery of the UN’s commitment to human rights. Not that the UN needs any help in this department. Over the years it has appointed Saudi Arabia to its women’s rights commission, Iran to its disarmament commission and Zimbabwe to its commission on sustainable development.
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