Pillay Commission

9/ Pillay failed to criticize another 50 countries rated “partly free” and 63 countries rated “free.” Among the countries not criticized: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon…

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021

8/ Our 2008-10 study found Pillay turned a blind eye to the world’s worst abusers. She said 0 on human rights in 146 countries. She failed to voice any concern for victims in 34 countries rated “Not Free” by Freedom House—those with the worst records, and the most needy victims.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021

7/ Pillay declared Israel’s blockade “inhumane and illegal.” (Later, the UN's Palmer report would find the opposite.)

Pillay then said what she never did about any other country: “The Israeli Government treats international law with perpetual disdain.”https://t.co/L3cRwrF60b

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021

6/ Mere hours after the 2010 flotilla incident, before any facts were verified, she rushed to condemn Israel for “what appears to be disproportionate use of force, resulting in the killing & wounding of so many people attempting to bring much-needed aid to the people of Gaza.”

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021

5/ We studied Pillay's statements between September 2008 & June 2010. She made nine statements on Israel, the only democracy in the region, but none on the human rights situations of 146 countries, including nothing on such gross violators as North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021

4/ On March 11, 2010, when an Italian parliamentary committee asked Pillay about the UNHRC’s one-sided approach, she defended it, saying, “The occupation must end in order to remove Israel from the agenda.” And she implicitly compared that situation to apartheid South Africa.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 22, 2021