Unhrc
How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion
The corruption of the system did not happen overnight. As dictatorships gained influence inside the UNHRC, they learned they need not abolish the language of human rights to weaken it.
Francesca Albanese denounces 'toxic' attacks against her
UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression
'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence
Education first step to addressing antisemitism at UNHRC, Amb. Taylor says - exclusive
It’s part of a “growing effort to address this issue throughout the United Nations” in general and at the UNHRC in specific in a ‘more direct way.
'Normalizing taking hostages and rape': Hostage families slam UNHRC sexual violence report
Leshem Gonen stated the report compiled by the COI “has failed to properly address” the accounts of “sexual violence that occurred on the day of the attack [October 7] and during captivity.”
Most Brits would support the UK ending arms sales to Israel, poll finds
Pressue to end arms sales to Israel has increased since an Israeli airstrike mistakenly killed seven aid workers in Gaza.
UNHRC calls for arms embargo against Israel, asks it to prevent genocide
The resolution did not mention Hamas or condemn it for the invasion of Israel on October 7, in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 seized as hostages.
‘It was like a horror movie,’ Oct. 7 survivors tell UNHRC
A relative of Israeli-Bedouin hostages, Yosef Hamis Ziadna and his son Hamza, and a Nova music festival survivor addressed the UN Human Rights Council about October 7 and the lasting impact it has.
UN rights chief says essential to avoid conflagration in Gaza war
The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and Israel have been locked in hostilities for months in parallel to the Gaza war, the worst conflict between the two since 2006.
Iran’s FM in Geneva for UN, ICRC meetings
Iran, which backs Hamas and supported the October 7 massacre in Israel by Hamas, now says that it wants to see political efforts to end the “Gaza crisis.”
ICJ vs ICC: Why Israel defends itself against Gaza genocide claim - analysis
Israel is still taking this position of ignoring and denying jurisdiction with the ICC and with the UN Human Rights Council probes.
Taking hostages is a war crime - opinion
October 7 should prove too flagrant to be ignored by the body that is supposed to be the world’s watchdog on protecting and advancing human rights.
UN: Israel's Gaza evacuation order could be a 'crime against humanity'
The term "forcible transfer" describes the forced relocation of civilian populations and it is a crime against humanity punishable by the ICC.
