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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
The UN Human Rights Council adopted resolutions on Guinea, the DRC and Myanmar this morning. All three were adopted by consensus without a vote. The
The UN’s Ad Hoc Committee’s proposal to criminalize religious freedom unanimously passed the Human Rights Council (for more on the Ad Hoc Committee, click here).
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