Posts Tagged: UN Human Rights
At the United Nations, Israel is ‘the Jew Among the Nations’
China presented itself as a champion of Muslim rights last Tuesday, when it asked the United Nations Security Council to hold a special session to...
Watchdog Testimony at Human Rights Council Presses UN Over Killing of Palestinian Authority Critic
In testimony during a standing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session on alleged Israeli human rights abuses, a watchdog group accused the UN of...
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...
UN Rights Watchdog Raises Concerns About Dubai Princess
The UN human rights watchdog said on Friday it has asked the United Arab Emirates for more information about the status of Dubai's Sheikha Latifa...
UN Voices Concern Over Saudi Arrest of Women’s Rights Activists
The United Nations called on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to provide information about women's rights activists arrested ahead of the lifting of a ban on...
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....
Ambassador Nikki Haley: US Will Review UN’s Peacekeeping, Human Rights Functions
United States Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday that the U.S. would closely scrutinize two prominent U.N. functions—peacekeeping and human rights—as the U.S. assumes the Security...
UN Human Rights Commissioner Calls Prison Sentence for IDF Soldier Who Killed Subdued Terrorist ‘Excessively Lenient’
JNS.org - The human rights office of the United Nations described the prison sentence handed down to Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Elor Azaria, who killed an incapacitated...
NGO Exposes UN Human Rights Council’s Anti-Israel Agenda
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has a reputation for maintaining a blatant anti-Israel bias. Gross violators of human rights often serve on the Council,...
UN: Turning Back the Clock to Pre-1948 is the Real Endgame
Incitement against the Jewish state is directly related to the stabbings, raping and killing of Jews inside and outside of Israel. But doing something to...
Russell Tribunal on Palestine is Just as Wrong as Russell Was in 1938
Never mind that Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu used the podium of the UN General Assembly masterfully to refute Palestinian Authority President Abbas' charge that Israel...
Pillay’s Dastardly ‘Doublethink’
On Thursday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay accused Israel of "deliberate defiance" of its obligations under international law....
Are UN Agencies Fighting for Human Rights or Supporting Terrorism?
Operation Protective Edge has put a significant spotlight on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after munitions were found in...
Iran Progress at United Nations Seen as Major Setback by Human Rights Activists
Fox News - Despite their human rights records, the United Nations has elected the Islamic Republic of Iran, Cuba, Sudan and several other repressive regimes...
