The high-profile rebuke of Moscow marked only the second ever suspension of a country from the council — Libya was the first, in 2011 — and it earned praise from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his American counterpart Joe Biden
The results of the votes to expel Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council of members of the United Nations General Assembly is seen on a screen during a continuation of the Eleventh Emergency Special Session on the invasion of Ukraine on April 07, 2022 in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly continued its special session on the invasion of Ukraine and will vote on a draft resolution that would expel Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council after the discovery of dozens of civilian bodies in the town of Bucha after Russian forces retreated from the town. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)