The "UN" did no such thing. The UN Human Rights Council's "Working Group on Arbitrary Detention" made a statement.
WGAD's 16 month investigation to which UK+Sweden made submissions resulted in findings they're in breach of int'l law.
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They have no mandate to make such "findings"
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You're wrong, read the UN website & watch Amal Clooney explain its rule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E4z7WG2_6E …pic.twitter.com/mprGkD6Uz0
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It's not a rule. And the Declaration is not a binding treaty with force of law. How can you not know this?
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You're just repeating a UK talking point. The UN takes a different view: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents pic.twitter.com/7nuJbjaBGn
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Talking point?Nothing in ICCPR that makes UN working group legally binding. Nor any treaty you can cite. Basic fact.
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