Cotler: 'Mandates from the Human Rights Council are tainted at the core'

Human Rights lawyer and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says that the problem with the committee headed by Christian Tomuschat to 'follow up' on the Goldstone investigation is not Tomuschat, but the UN Human Rights Council's tainted mandates. Cotler said the issue was not the make-up of the committee, but that “The UN Human Rights Council is itself in need of reform, and instead of