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The UN Human Rights Council on Friday, March 4, voted overwhelmingly to create a high-level investigation into violations committed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thirty-two members of the 47-seat council voted to establish the highest-level probe possible into alleged rights violations, with an eye to holding the perpetrators responsible.

Only two countries, Russia and Eritrea, voted against.