CNN —Russia is formally seeking to rejoin the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, nearly 18 months after it was suspended from the body following its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has been accused of a huge number of human rights abuses over the course of its war in Ukraine, and the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for its President Vladimir Putin over an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia.
Russia had joined the council in January 2021, as one of 15 countries elected to serve a three-year term.
Russia remains one of five permanent members of the UN’s Security Council, and no clear legal framework exists to remove it from that post.
Moscow last took the presidency of that council, which rotates among the 15 members on a monthly basis, in April.
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