LSAT 145 | Section 3 | Reading Comprehension: Q6

RC Question 6 Explanation

DISCUSSION: The proposal of the delegates from lines 11-14 is described on lines 20-23: they wanted states to have a joint obligation to act on human rights issues.

When the passage quotes a specific line, you can never just blindly read that line. Instead, you have to consider if there are other lines that must be read to answer the question.

Since the delegates think countries should have a joint obligation to act against human rights abuses, they would argue that other countries should punish the country whose security agency committed abuses.

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1. CORRECT. This is the best answer. The delegates wanted countries to be obligated to take joint action against human rights abusers. This answer matches that the best: if the country violated human rights, then it must be punished.
    
   Most of the other answers have a choice about whether to punish: this is not good enough. A violation is a violation and needs to be opposed.
2. The delegates wouldn’t agree to this. It’s very hard to get unanimous approval to take action. Whereas the delegates wanted countries to act against human rights abuses.
3. Not good enough. It’s possible that member countries would oppose a censure vote even if there were real human rights violations. The delegates wanted countries to have an obligation to act against human rights violators.
4. The delegates wanted joint action against human rights violators. They wouldn’t want it left as an internal matter.
5. The delegates wanted countries to take joint action. Leaving it to non-governmental organizations isn’t good enough.