Blurry Journalism, Blurrier 'Human Rights'

The BBC flirts with the line between journalism and commentary in the closing paragraph of an article describing the U.N. Human Rights Commission's unanimous resolution on the situation in Darfur, which fails to mention the Sudanese government by name.

Our correspondent says it is a compromise that prevented a messy row, something all sides wanted to avoid at a time when many say the commission lacks credibility.

But the fact that it took so long to agree on a resolution which does not even go as far as the UN Security Council which has already referred Sudan to the International Criminal Court is, human rights groups say, simply another sign that the UN's top human rights body needs reform.

Of course, their quote/editorial is right on. The members of the UNCHR are just plain stupid if they think that compromising with Sudan is a good way to address their own credibility gap. Of course, appointing Sudan to the Commission made the latter a mockery of itself in the first place, but you knew that.