United Nations
Report on 2013-15 UNHRC Candidates (Venezuela, Pakistan, Kazakhstan…)
Here it is: the UN Watch Report on 2013-15 HRC Candidates. Vote is this Monday, Nov. 9, 2012.
November 11, 2012
UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
Israel
New U.N. inquiry to examine Israeli actions, not Arab
PRESS RELEASE Chief of probe accused Israel of ‘total discrimination’ GENEVA, July 6 – As the UN Human Rights Council’s sixth inquiry into alleged Israeli violations began
July 6, 2012
Israel
Goldstone II: UN rights council condemns Israel in 5 resolutions, creates new “fact-finding mission”
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, March 22 – The 47-nation UN Human Rights Council today adopted five resolutions condemning Israel, including one that creates a new “fact-finding
March 22, 2012
Libya
Libya returns to the UN Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to end Libya’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council. Chavez & Co. opposed the move, in a
November 19, 2011
Hillel Neuer
U.N. Flotilla Probe: “Even If Bin Laden Himself Were on Ship, Israel’s Blockade Still Illegal”
PRESS RELEASE NGO: U.N. Probe Ignored Evidence on Islamist Passengers’ Bid for ‘Martyrdom’ GENEVA, Sept. 28 – The U.N. commission into Israel’s May 31 flotilla
September 28, 2010
Israel
Watchdog: New U.N. Flotilla Probe Marred by Predetermined Verdict
PRESS RELEASE Backgrounder on HRC Resolution 14/1 Geneva, July 23 – The UN Human Rights Council today named commissioners to its inquiry on Israeli actions during the May 31
July 23, 2010
United Nations
Goldstone II: UN Human Rights Council Declares Israel Guilty over High Seas Intifada, Then Creates Probe to Collect Facts
The UN Human Rights Council voted 32 to 3, with 9 abstentions and 3 absent, to adopt a resolution (click here or see below) that
June 2, 2010
Canada
Canada supports Israel’s national security imperatives at Human Rights Council
The UNHRC’s “urgent debate on the raid on the flotilla” continued this morning. Libya accused “Zionist gangs” of committing a “massacre,” but Canada urged all
June 2, 2010
Israel
U.N. Human Rights Council voting now on Flotilla resolution
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch: “Resolution sponsored by countries such as Iran, Libya and Sudan is political, designed to deflect attention from their own abuses” Geneva, June
June 2, 2010
United Nations
Israel attacked at Human Rights Council for “terror”
The Human Rights Council convened this afternoon for an emergency session on the Israeli flotilla attack. Israel offered a legal explanation of the events that
June 1, 2010
United Nations
Arab & Islamic blocs prepare U.N. Human Rights Council condemnation of Israel
Below is the draft resolution submitted to the UN Human Rights Council this morning by the Islamic and Arab blocs, co-sponsored with the Palestinian delegation. It
June 1, 2010
Israel
World Body Slams UN Watch: Criticism of Goldstone Report ‘Cannot Be Accepted’
5 resolutions against Israel, only 3 for rest of world combined GENEVA, March 26, 2010 – Despite the U.S. having joined the UN Human Rights Council,
March 27, 2010