1.  What was the purpose of the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission?  Why was it replaced with the newly formed U.N.'s Human Rights Council?  What is the purpose of the Human Rights Council? (For for U.N. Human Rights Council's website, click here.)

2.  What major problem is there with the new Human Rights Council?

3.  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948.  U.N. member countries agree to abide by this Declaration.  What is the main idea of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? 
The countries of concern that have been elected to the U.N.'s new Human Rights Council violate numerous articles of the Declaration.  Read through the Declaration here (scroll down for the articles).  Which articles are violated most blatantly by the countries of concern on the Human Rights Council?

4.  What is Freedom House? (Click here for the Freedom House website.)
What major problem does Freedom House have with over 20 of the 47 countries elected to the new Human Rights Council?

5.  What is the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)?
  What problem does the USCIRF have with China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia specifically?

6.  What is the pupose of the organization Reporters Without Borders? (For the website, click here.)  Why was this organization outraged by the election of certain countries to the Human Rights Council?

7.  Describe the specific objections human rights groups have with Cuba's membership on the Human Rights Council.

8.  Which two human rights groups believe that the new Human Rights Council is an improvement over the former Human Rights Commission?  Do you agree with their reasoning?