Trending UN Watch tweets: France and the UN Human Rights Office apply a double standard regarding police violence in response to the Yellow Vest riots; the UN Human Rights Chief is silent on Human Rights Council Member Qatar’s overt antisemitism; UNIFIL, the UN agency charged with peacekeeping and security on the Israeli-Lebanese border, is exposed for its failure to detect or stop Hezbollah tunnels uncovered by the IDF; Support from Western states Switzerland, Norway, and New Zealand helps the PLO prevent the passage of a UN resolution that would have condemned Hamas for the first time; China receives widespread praise from UN Member States, despite an abysmal human rights record; and abusive Senegal is elected to the prestigious chair position of the UN Human Rights Council.
Today rioting in France amid larger protests led to worst violence since 1968, in 4th weekend of clashes:
35 wounded
974 in custody
1385 taken in for questioning@UNHumanRights reaction:
0 resolutions
0 press releases
0 condemnations
0 emergency sessions
0 commissions of inquiry— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 9, 2018
France applies a double standard. When the PLO incited violent Palestinian riots, France "deplored" Israel for "provocations," "disproportionality" & "excessive use of force." But now when Paris police are attacked, France pulls out the rubber bullets, tear gas & stun grenades. https://t.co/2LadTpWcMn
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 2, 2018
No joke: French government announces human rights prize next week for groups dedicated to criticizing Israel's response to violent rioters, as French government weighs state of emergency to respond to violent rioters. Deux poids, deux mesures? https://t.co/IXp5H0dF3v pic.twitter.com/n2mcjhXoXH
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 5, 2018
.@mbachelet When your UN Human Rights Council member Qatar promotes overt antisemitism, why are you silent? https://t.co/uq12BHxDIK
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 6, 2018
.@UNIFIL Have you no shame? Your "around-the-clock" monitoring was just exposed yesterday as a big lie. As @YadlinAmos noted, Hezbollah dug its attack tunnels under your feet & under the blind eye of your UNSCR 1701 supervision regime. Your actions show UN promises are worthless. https://t.co/zVsWswKM68
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 5, 2018
Without the shackles of the unusual two-thirds requirement imposed by the PLO gambit, aided by the immoral 🇨🇭🇳🇴 🇳🇿 abstentions, the draft resolution to condemn Hamas, bravely presented by Nikki Haley, would have passed: it won the moral victory of 87 to 57, with 33 abstentions. pic.twitter.com/lFf8zaWo5n
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 6, 2018
Burns Christian Bibles, jails 1 million Muslims, forces Buddhists to pledge allegiance to Chinese Communist Party. Yet during its 5-year review at the UN, #China's human rights record was praised by 86% of countries speaking at the UN Human Rights Council. https://t.co/WRgWIPDhXI
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/1070148207617998849
UN Human Rights Council elects #Senegal as Chair. Credentials: violence against women, female genital mutilation, torture, arbitrary arrest, corrupt judiciary & police, child abuse, early & forced marriage, trafficking, forced labor, including by children. https://t.co/QO5HwTYRW0 pic.twitter.com/OM2RGKR8fW
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 9, 2018
