Posts Tagged: UNHRC
UN Votes to Seek ICJ Opinion on Israeli ‘Occupation’
i24 News - The United Nations on Friday voted in favor of seeking an International Court of Justice opinion on Israel's activity in Palestinian territories...
Israel Accused of Denying Palestinian ‘Right to Life’ During Activist’s Speech to UN Commission
A Palestinian activist claimed on Tuesday that Israel has removed the "right to life" of Palestinians throughout Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
UN Official Defends Palestinian ‘Right to Resist’ Israeli ‘Occupation’
A United Nations human rights investigator defended Palestinians' "right to resist" Israeli "occupation" after three days of fighting in which over 1,100 rockets were fired...
‘Pathetic and Unconvincing’: Israel Rejects UN Investigator’s Apology for ‘Antisemitic’ Remarks
Israel called an apology by UN investigator Miloon Kothari “pathetic and unconvincing” and reiterated its demand to disband the inquiry commission on the 2021 Israel-Hamas...
Israel Calls for Dismissal of UN Commission Over Investigator’s ‘Antisemitic, Racist Remarks’
Israel is calling for the dispersal of the United Nations panel tasked with investigating alleged rights abuses committed during the 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict, citing “antisemitic,...
The UN Descent to Its Deepest Depths of Hostility to Israel
JNS.org - The inherent, long-existing political hostility against the State of Israel within the United Nations in general and the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHCR),...
New Year’s Resolution? Abolish the UN Human Rights Council
JNS.org - At the turn of a new year, people traditionally make resolutions to improve themselves. So, what is the United Nations setting itself to...
UN Watchdog Group Demands Secretary-General End Censorship of UNRWA Antisemitism
A prominent watchdog group called on Tuesday for the UN Secretary-General to intervene over what it called the international body’s "ban" on identifying the antisemitism...
UNHRC Stops Video Quoting Antisemitic Posts by UNRWA Teachers
i24 News - President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Nazhat Shameem Khan on Friday cut off a video presentation by UN Watch...
Hundreds of Lawmakers Urge UN to Stamp Out ‘Systematic’ Discrimination Against Israel
Legislators and parliamentarians from Europe and North America are calling upon EU member countries and global democracies to help end the “systematic” discrimination against Israel...
Israel Summons Mexican, Philippine Ambassadors Over Votes Supporting UNHRC Probe Into Gaza War
Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Mexico and the Philippines after they both voted in favor of a resolution by the United Nations Human Rights...
Israel Rejects ‘Outrageous’ Probe Approved by UN Rights Council After Gaza Conflict
Israel outrightly rejected a resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday to open an ongoing investigation into alleged human rights...
President Biden Must Aggressively Push to Reform the UN Human Rights Council
The Biden administration has sought to differentiate itself from its predecessor in many arenas, foreign policy included. Yet it has endorsed a self-evident truth acknowledged...
Head of Human Rights Watch Knocked for Using ‘Antisemitic Dog Whistle’
The executive director of Human Rights Watch accused the White House this week of following an "Israel First strategy" by withdrawing from the United Nations...
