Syria
Syria elected to UN forum on protecting people from abuse
GENEVA, February 28, 2020 — The same Syrian government now indiscriminately bombing four million of its own civilians in Idlib was elected to a senior
February 28, 2020
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Israel
Why does UN report ignore 1400 rockets fired at Israeli communities?
UN Human Rights Council, 43rd Session Agenda Item 2: Report of the High Commissioner Interactive Dialogue on OHCHR report on accountability in OPT Oral Statement
February 27, 2020
Israel
UN censors UN Watch submissions on Palestinian abuse of child rights
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, February 25, 2020 – As foreign ministers gathered in Geneva today for the 2020 opening of the UN Human Rights Council, the non-governmental
February 25, 2020
Israel
UN Releases Anti-Israel Blacklist, Fueling Global Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, February 12, 2020 – The office of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet today released an unprecedented blacklist of companies doing business with Israelis living in the
February 12, 2020
Australia
U.N. to investigate Australia for arbitrary detention
A panel of five U.N. human rights monitors will next month undertake a two-week visit and investigation of Australia’s record on arbitrary detention, prompting criticism
February 5, 2020
Israel
Myth: ‘The UN Security Council is Pro-Israel’
Libya presided over the Security Council in March 2009. MYTH: “The Security Council is Pro-Israel” A common argument has it that the Security Council is
January 30, 2020
Israel
Fact Sheet: The Palestinian Authority’s interstate complaint against Israel under UN Anti-Racism Convention
wHILE On December 12, 2019, the Geneva-based UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination found it had jurisdiction to hear the Palestinians’ inter-state complaint against
January 15, 2020
United Nations
Fact Sheet: What's Wrong With the UN Human Rights Council
.@amnesty Thanks for asking. Though we believe in staying in the ring to fight the bigots, here you go:1. Members of the UNHRC include China,
January 9, 2020
UN Officials
Suleimani: Top UN official threatens US officers with "criminal liability"
GENEVA, January 3, 2020 — A top United Nations official declared the U.S. airstrike on Iranian terror mastermind Qassem Suleimani “unlawful,” saying it “violates
January 3, 2020
Petitions & Appeals
Global Campaign to Expel Maduro from the UN Human Rights Council
CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION — FIRMA LA PETICIÓN Recalling General Assembly Resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, particularly Art. 8, which provides that
December 30, 2019
Human Rights
Obsessed: 93% of Ken Roth's "illegal" accusations targeted Israel last month
Executive Summary A new study shows that over an 18-month period Ken Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, devoted more than 70% of his
December 29, 2019
Israel
DELETED: UNRWA's ex-spokesman Chris Gunness glorifies Hamas hanging “collaborators”
In a December 23, 2019 tweet that was just deleted today, Chris Gunness, the spokesman of UNRWA from 2007 until his departure earlier this year,
December 26, 2019