Posts Tagged: United Nations Human Rights Council
New York Judge Joins U.N. Gaza Probe
JNS.org - Former New York Supreme Court Justice Mary McGowan Davis was appointed as the third member of the contentious United Nations Human Rights...
‘Human Wrongs Council’ – Israel Ambassador to UN on Schabas Appointment to Gaza Commission
Ambassador Ron Prosor, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Tuesday said "the United Nations Human Rights Council set a new record for anti-Israel...
Israel Says Latin American Countries Pulling Ambassadors Over Gaza is ‘Encouragement for Hamas, a Recognized Terror Organization Around the World’
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said the recalling of a group of Latin American ambassadors from their posts in the Jewish State in protest...
Jewish Group Calls on UN Human Rights Council to Investigate Hamas Responsibility for 160 Gazan Children Who Died Building Terror Tunnels
Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Wednesday called for the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the deaths of the 160...
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...
European Union Shows Lack of Will to Defend Israel at UNHRC
Yet again, the European Union has demonstrated a lack of will in defending a sister democracy under attack from an organization that it has included...
Netanyahu: UN Condemnation of Israel as Grotesque as Hamas Use of Human Shields
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called the United Nations Human Rights Council's condemnation of Israel as grotesque as Hamas's use of human...
Israel Says United Nations Calls for Investigation Are a ‘Travesty’
After the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) pledged to launch an investigation into Israel's current military offensive in Gaza, the Jewish state said on...
Palestinian Officials Openly Fault Hamas for War Crimes
Israel's Operation Protective Edge is about to enter its second week, yet Hamas officials show no sign of backing down despite the utter failure of their...
Mother of Kidnapped Israeli Teen to UN Human Rights Council: ‘My Son Texted Me — Said He’s on His Way Home — And Then He’s Gone’ (VIDEO)
Rachel Frankel, the mother of 16-year-old Israeli-American kidnap victim Naftali Frankel, who was one of three yeshiva students abducted by Hamas nearly two weeks ago,...
U.N. Human Rights Council Appoints Pro-Palestinian Diplomat to Replace Falk
JNS.org - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed pro-Palestinian Indonesian diplomat Makarim Wibisono to a new six-year term as the United Nations Special...
UN Human Rights Council Under Fire Ahead of Vote to Fill Position Created by Gaddafi Prize Co-Founder
The United Nations Human Rights Council came under fire ahead of a vote on Thursday to fill the position of UN Special Rapporteur on...
United Nations to Replace Falk With Christine Chinkin From Goldstone Report
Jerusalem Post - At the Arab League's request the United Nations Human Rights Council later today plans to replace its special investigator Richard Falk with...
U.N. Human Rights Council Debates 5 Anti-Israel Resolutions, 1 Syria Resolution
JNS.org - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) debated five anti-Israel resolutions on Monday. One of the resolutions calls to boycott Israeli business...
