The Council investigates alleged human\u002Drights breaches in UN states, committed by governments or societal actors.
So far, Greece has announced a run for one of the three spots that will be available to countries that sit in a grouping of 28 that includes Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Joly will push for a focus on human rights online, building on the Freedom Online Coalition, a group that pushes for people to express themselves online and have their privacy protected. Joly plans to strike a note of being humble while pushing the world to do better, acknowledging Canada is not living up to its own human-rights obligations, such as fixing disparities in the criminal justice system and providing equitable services to Indigenous Peoples.
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