Human Rights Council
How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion
The corruption of the system did not happen overnight. As dictatorships gained influence inside the UNHRC, they learned they need not abolish the language of human rights to weaken it.
Primary school strike prompts Iran to request urgent UN Human Rights debate
Violent suppression, human rights violation: UN rapporteur submits report on Iran’s Jan. protests
UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression
Pompeo: UN blacklist shows its ‘unrelenting anti-Israeli bias’
"Attempts to isolate Israel run counter to all of our efforts to build conditions conducive to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that lead to a comprehensive and enduring peace."
UN blacklists companies with ties to Israeli settlements
The Foreign Ministry said it was cutting off ties with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, which had compiled the list.
Rights groups call on UN body to act against Iran
Violations by Islamic Republic continue a month after anti-government unrest breaks out
U.N. expert calls for boycott of Israeli settlement products
“This occupation will not die of old age,” Michael Lynk told the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Venezuela and Libya elected to serve on the UN Human Rights Council
"The Human Rights Council continues to abandon human rights and is now in the business of protecting dictators and war crimes," said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon.
UN report alarmed by growing antisemitism, criticizes BDS
The interim report, which the Israeli mission to the UN called "unprecedented," identified antisemitism from all sides of the political spectrum and called for action.
Netanyahu guilty of ‘racist hate speech,’ Palestinians tell UNHRC
The UNHRC is mandated to hold a debate on alleged Israeli human rights violations during each of its meetings, which occur three times a year.
Western countries raise concerns on Saudi rights record
It was the second joint statement criticizing the kingdom read out at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in six months, following the first censure of Saudi Arabia at the forum in March.
Facing realism in Europe
These options can be summarized under three major policy prescriptions along which a new immigration policy would have to be designed.
U.N. created “confidential file” of alleged Israeli war criminals for ICC
Neither the United States or Israel spoke at the council, but its official issued tweets during the council meeting.
