Posts Tagged: Israel UNHRC
Congress Must Defund the UN’s Poisoned Pillay Report
Last Tuesday, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Commission of Inquiry (COI) Elimination Act, seeking to abolish the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) latest commission...
Report: Israel ‘Lowers’ Participation at UN Human Rights Council Following US Decision to Withdraw
Diplomats at the UN in Geneva said on Friday that Israel had "lowered" its participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), three days after...
NGOs Cited in UN Gaza Report Barred From Israeli National Volunteer Program
JNS.org - Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Uri Ariel has instructed Israel’s National Civic Service Authority, which he oversees, to bar two left-wing nongovernmental organizations...
As UN Vote Looms, Israel to Launch Diplomatic Push Against Human Rights Body
JNS.org - Ahead of a vote in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on whether or not to officially recognize Monday’s U.N. report that alleges possible war crimes by...
A Damning Indictment
The United Nations Human Rights Council report on last summer's war in Gaza was released Monday. In anticipation of the report, whose findings were a...
‘Goldstone II’ Released, Bad But Not Nearly as Bad as Goldstone I
An advance version of the UNHRC report on last summer's war (and surrounding events) has been published. On first glance, the (formerly Schabas) commission has done...
For 90 Minutes, Jewish Leaders Tell UN’s Ban Ki-moon About Hamas Abuses, List 19 War Crimes
For a full 90 minutes on Wednesday, Jewish leaders told United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon about the litany of abuses of international rules of warfare...
Israel Boycotts Review at UN Human Rights Council, Cites Bias
Israel has become the first country to boycott its United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) review, AFP reported. While Israel is not a member of the...
Israel to Boycott UNHRC Universal Periodic Review
YNet - Israel is expected to boycott a session of the UN Human Rights Council next week despite the United States urging its ally to...
