Posts Tagged: Human Rights Council
What The Kanye West Scandal Can Teach The UN
JNS.org - The Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan offered a telling quip during a debate last week at the international body concerning the...
The UN Human Rights Council Does More Harm Than Good
Monday, June 13, marked the opening of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). The two main speeches of the day...
‘Enough With the Bias’: 22 Countries Sign Declaration Against UN Probe Into Israel
A group of 22 countries, led by the US, have signed a declaration criticizing an open-ended probe established by the UN Human Rights Council into...
‘Waste of Money’: Israel Bashes UN Probe Blaming ‘Occupation’ of Palestinian Areas for Continued Conflict
Israel has dismissed the findings of a United Nations commission report which blamed the country’s “perpetual occupation” of Palestinian territory as the “key root” of...
Israel Ambassador Rips Up UNHRC Report During Speech
i24 News – Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan tore up the United Nations Human Right Council's annual report while at the podium. A...
‘The Women of Afghanistan Must Be Heard’: Israel’s Ambassador to UN Demands Equal Rights for Afghans at Human Rights Council
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva urged member states to safeguard the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan following the takeover of...
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...
Chair of UN Probe of Gaza Border Violence Quits Less Than Month Into Job
Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into violence in Gaza this year,...
British Jews Hail UK Vote Against Anti-Israel Resolutions at United Nations
The leading representative group for British Jewry praised the United Kingdom for voting against two anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UNHRC...
Who Really Cares About Palestinian Human Rights?
JNS.org - During the past decade, social media has emerged as a primary tool for activists hoping to drive change on a wide variety of topics....
US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Slams UNHRC for Anti-Israel Resolution
Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ed Royce (R-CA) lambasted the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday for adopting a resolution condemning Israel over alleged war crimes during last summer's...
Israeli Watchdog Criticizes UN Gaza War Report for Sourcing From Non-Transparent NGOs
Several of the nongovernmental organizations that fed the United National Human Rights Council with information leading to its allegations of Israeli and Hamas war crimes...
Major Jewish Groups Lambaste ‘Deeply Unfair’ UN Report on 2014 Gaza War
A wide array of Jewish groups condemned on Monday a U.N. report that accused Israel and Hamas of committing possible war crimes from either side of...
