Human Rights Council

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

“I have chosen the road of justice, beyond politics and grounded in our shared humanity,” he said. “This council must recognize the torture, demand criminal investigations, and confront the terror."

Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025
Neta Heiman Mina, whose mother was held hostage in Gaza for nearly 2 months, speaks to a UN human rights panel on September 15, 2026.

Daughter of former Gaza hostage confronts UN over UNRWA funding despite Hamas ties

Palestinians walk past a destroyed Israeli armored vehicle left behind by the Israeli army during the recent war, in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, September 7, 2026.

UN human rights chief accuses Israel of war crimes following remains discovered under Gaza rubble

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Netanyahu: U.N. set new hypocrisy record with Israeli war crimes allegation

"Israel rejects outright the report of the UN Human Rights Council, which sets new records of hypocrisy and lies, out of obsessive hatred of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 45th Israel mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, February 18th, 2019

The U.N. and the oppressed people of the Middle East

The reality of the world and the region dictates the need for more strategic cooperation and understanding between the oppressed nations of the Middle East and Israel.

UN human rights council

UN chief suggests options for ‘improved Palestinian protection’

Danon: The real protection the Palestinians need is from their own leaders.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks at the UNGA

First Israeli scholar ever picked as chief of U.N. Human Rights Committee

“Currently, the UN’s Human Rights Committee faces several challenges, chiefly that we live in an international climate that no longer supports human rights."

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

U.S. exit from U.N. Human Rights Council is long overdue

You don’t have to be a fan of the Trump administration to applaud them for the courageous and principled stance they have taken at the UN since entering office.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks to the press announcing the US's withdrawal from the UN's Human Rights Council at the Department of State in Washington, US, June 19, 2018

U.S. could quit U.N. Human Rights Council 'imminently' over anti-Israel bias

Nikki Haley publicly told the Council a year ago that Washington might leave the body unless a "chronic anti-Israel bias" were removed.

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

U.N. Human Rights - as wrong as ever

The Jerusalem Post

UNHRC session timeline: Resolution on Gaza violence investigation approved

The UNHRC approved on Friday a resolution asking the commission of inquiry to “provide recommendations to protect civilians against any further assaults” in Gaza.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Jordan

Report: Palestinians apply unilaterally to 8 international treaties

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon: "The Palestinian leadership is wrong to think that it can dictate facts on the ground via bypasses and unilateral moves."

The Palestinian flag flies after being raised by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly.

Amb. Haley slams ‘foolish’ UNHRC after it passes 5 anti-Israel resolutions

Haley also warned that the US is still weighing whether it plans to remain on the council, adding that Friday’s resolutions was another blow to the institution’s “credibility.”

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at UN headquarters in New York