Examining the performance of the Human Rights Council in the Middle East under the influence of geopolitical competition

The Human Rights Council, as a subsidiary of the General Assembly, replaces the Human Rights Commission. By establishing this body, the United Nations has demonstrated its special importance for issues related to the improvement of the global human rights situation and the promotion of universal respect for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the responsibility to provide advisory and technical services in fulfilling human rights obligations Is in charge. Among the features of the Human Rights Council are the possibility of suspending the membership of countries violating human rights and establishing a mechanism for reviewing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and studying the details of monitoring human rights violations in the world. It seems that the Council, despite its many efforts in the field of human rights, has not yet been able to reach its main position and goal, which is to defend the human rights of countries and the Middle East region. One of the most important reasons for this inefficiency is the geopolitical rivalries within the council, especially between powerful members such as the United States on one side and China and Russia on the other.