Expel Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council?

The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Monday to hold a meeting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — but a meeting won’t take place until at least Thursday. The council’s president said he wanted to ensure that the emergency meeting would be “as non-disruptive as possible to the program of work.”

That delay will play out against a brutal backdrop: Moscow is quickly adapting to recent military setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine by dialing up its use of violence against civilians. The Ukrainian government has for days pointed to instances in which Russian forces targeted hospitals, ambulances, and kindergartens since the outset of the invasion. On Monday, Russian troops shelled civilian areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing eleven people, and there’s ample evidence indicating that Russian forces are deploying destructive cluster munitions and vacuum bombs. The International Criminal Court, meanwhile, said Monday that it is opening an investigation into likely war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Monday to hold a meeting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — but a meeting won’t take place until at least Thursday. The council’s president said he wanted to ensure that the emergency meeting would be “as non-disruptive as possible to the program of work.”

That delay will play out against a brutal backdrop: Moscow is quickly adapting to recent military setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine by dialing up its use of violence against civilians. The Ukrainian government has for days pointed to instances in which Russian forces targeted hospitals, ambulances, and kindergartens since the outset of the invasion. On Monday, Russian troops shelled civilian areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing eleven people, and there’s ample evidence indicating that Russian forces are deploying destructive cluster munitions and vacuum bombs. The International Criminal Court, meanwhile, said Monday that it is opening an investigation into likely war crimes and crimes against humanity.