Posts Tagged: UN Human Rights Council
Israeli Spokesman Highlights ‘Moral Majority’ at UN Human Rights Council Opposed to Singling Out Jewish State
Israel's Foreign Ministry on Friday highlighted the existence of a "moral majority" at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), as it condemned the adoption...
Pro-Israel Crowd in Geneva Protests Outside UN Human Rights Council’s Ritual Condemnation of Jewish State
Hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators on Monday gathered outside the United Nations Human Rights Council's 40th session in Geneva as the body prepared for its annual...
Europeans, Canada, Australia Issue First Rebuke of Saudi Arabia at UN Rights Forum
Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release 10 activists and cooperate with a UN-led investigation into...
Top UN Official Urges ‘Restraint’ as One-Year Anniversary of Start of Gaza Border Riots Nears
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that she regretted Israel's "immediate dismissal" of a UN report on its security forces killing Palestinian...
UN Human Rights Council to Publish Seven Reports on Israel, Two for Iran and Syria
JNS.org - Of a list of 79 reports to be dealt with at the upcoming 40th UN Human Rights Council meeting, seven will be dedicated to...
A Belated Obituary for the World’s Conscience
JNS.org - If personal dignity and good intentions are enough to justify a long career, then Kofi Annan deserves all of the plaudits that he’s...
Hungary Condemns Rising Antisemitism Within Halls of UN Human Rights Council
JNS.org - Hungary condemned the growing threat of antisemitism during the UN Human Rights Council’s 38th session in Geneva on Monday. “Jewish communities are enduring growing threat...
Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Was the Right Decision
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the one hand and human rights on the other hand constitute a classic oxymoron, as underlined by the...
US Withdrawal Leaves Vacuum at UN Rights Forum
China, Britain and the European Union lamented on Wednesday Washington's decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council as Western countries began looking for a...
American Withdrawal From UN Human Rights Council Appears ‘Imminent,’ US Source Says
Talks with the United States over how to reform the main UN rights body have failed to meet Washington's demands, activists and diplomats say, suggesting...
Top US Diplomat Haley Slams UN Human Rights Council as ‘Foolish and Unworthy of Its Name’ After Passage of More Anti-Israel Resolutions
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed the UN Human Rights Council on Friday after it approved a slew of anti-Israel decisions within the...
Mother of IDF Soldier Who Never Returned From Gaza Still Waiting to Welcome Him Home
In the summer of 2014, Zehava Shaul’s son, Oron, went off to war in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. He never returned and, nearly four years...
Israel Rejects UN Report on Companies Linked to Settlements
The United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday it had identified 206 companies doing business linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and...
UN Experts Call for Egypt to Halt Executions
Egypt must stop executions until it has reviewed all death sentences and retried convictions found to rest on unfair trials, five independent UN human rights...
