UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet allowed her office to be instrumentalized by the discriminatory BDS movement whose goal is to demonize and delegitimize Israel when she released an unprecedented list of companies doing business with Israeli settlements last month. On February 12, 2020, the Office of the …
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 Israel under article 11 of the Anti-Racism Convention. Below is background information about the complaint and the timeline of …
Israel will come under unprecedented assault at the UN Human Rights Council on March 18th. The Jewish state alone will be targeted over the entire day—in seven biased reports. A new Commission of Inquiry will present its absurd report accusing Israeli soldiers of “crimes against humanity” for …
UN Watch rejects the findings expressed by the UN’s Gaza inquiry at their recent press conference, for the reasons described below. The UN Human Rights Council’s commission of inquiry into Israel’s “assault” on “civilian protests” at the Gaza border held a press conference …
March 5, 2019 – The independent human rights group UN Watch today released its initial response to the UN Commission of Inquiry’s report accusing Israel of “crimes against humanity” against so-called “peaceful protesters” at the Gaza border. UN Watch engaged in a lengthy …
NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2019 — On Martin Luther King Day, the United Nations—in a rare move—today elected Israel as Vice-Chair of the 19-nation Committee on NGOs, which oversees the work of human rights groups. It was Israel’s turn to represent the Western Group. A big defeat for Iran which tried but …
Resolutions on Israel: 21 Resolution on Rest of the World: 6 In the current 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (2018-2019), all EU member states voted for one resolution each to criticize (1) Iran, (2) Syria, (3) North Korea, (4) Crimea, (5) Myanmar, and (6) the U.S., for its embargo on Cuba. See …
June 13, 2018 – The UN General Assembly adopted yet another one-sided resolution condemning Israel’s “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” in responding to violent attacks on the Gaza border. The text, sponsored by Algeria, Turkey and the Palestinians, made no mention of Hamas, …
GENEVA, May 31, 2018 – Belgium, France, Spain and other EU States voted for a UN resolution, co-sponsored by the Arab group of States and the Palestinian delegation at the annual Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) that targeted Israel over “Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, …
