Let’s have the UN decide

Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn wants the UN to decide if NZ is meeting its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

He explains:

It will allow individuals to bring complaints directly to an international body. So for example, if the government hadn’t decided to change its mind, the “Herception heroes” could have argued that PHARMAC’s refusal to fund their preferred drug violated their right to health, and complained to the UN about it.

I can think of nothing more ridicolous than having a UN panel, probably made up of representatives from Zimbabwe, Iran and Russia deciding whether or not the NZ Government should fund Herceptin.