Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Bureaucracy, in a formulation by the great German sociologist Max Weber, fanatically defends secrecy, and is bound toconfect any explanation in doing so. When it comes to swatting away scrutiny by United Nations human rights delegates, local officials can be relied upon to obfuscate, blur and lie about a Member State's observance of conventions and fundamental norms. In October 2022, and again in December 2025, UN bodies have been trying to piece together varioustroubling pieces of the Australian criminal justice system. In a country lacking a bill of rights, administrators and officials have often shown themselves indifferent to their obligations in international law.

In 2022, the United Nations Subcommittee on Preve...