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, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2026.
UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese attends press conference in Geneva

Francesca Albanese denounces 'toxic' attacks against her

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence


Pressure grows on UN investigator to resign after Jewish Lobby remark

“it remains the sole decision of a member of the COI to step down from their position as they are independent experts,” UNHRC spokesman said.

 Former UN human rights chief and lead of a international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, Navi Pillay arrives to deliver her report on the opening day of the 50th UNHRC session, June 13, 2022.

Israel demands UN disband Gaza war panel over alleged antisemitism

Prime Minister Yair Lapid cited comments by the UNHRC commission of inquiry member Miloon Kothari as an example of the commission's antisemitism.

 A general view of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022.

Yair Lapid: UN must disband antisemitic inquiry on Israel

All three COI members made public statements accusing Israel of apartheid and war crimes before the commission was formed, as such it was accused of bias from the start.

 Miloon Kothari, the man with a microphone, the first Special Rapporteur on adequate housing for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a conference in Spain

UNHRC President: Jewish Lobby remark is reasonably considered antisemitic

Since Kothari’s interview, a number of countries have spoken out against his remarks including the United States, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, France and Canada.

Pro Israel rally outside UNHRC in Geneva‏

UN official: Social media largely controlled by Jewish lobby, NGOs

“Israel has no intention of ending the occupation and the persistent discrimination against the Palestinians lies at the heart of the systematic recurrence of violations," Kothari said. 

 Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

UN violated its own rules, appointed biased commissioners against Israel - opinion

Navi Pillay (the chair of the commission), Christopher Sidoti and Milton Kothari all have blatant paper trails of vitriolic anti-Israel rhetoric and actions.

 CHRISTOPHER SIDOTI is a consultant to the Australian Centre for International Justice, a rabidly anti-Israel organization that publicly demanded Australia support the BDS movement, says the writer.

UN appears to be furthering Hamas’s agenda - opinion

The UN appears to have come to Hamas’s aid when it comes to absolving the group of wrongdoing and scapegoating Israel.

Pro Israel rally outside UNHRC in Geneva‏

Mock funeral protests UNHRC anti-Israel bias

The procession was part of a larger StandWithUs campaign to protest the UNHRC’s most recent and most dangerous act, which is part of its systemic anti-Israel bias in the United Nations.

 ONE OF the long-robed, hooded pall bearers marches with a casket outside UN Headquarters in New York to protest the Human Rights Council’s anti-Israel bias.

14 Days: Free trade

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Signing a UAE-Israel free trade agreement

Israeli NGO, families of terror victims urge US to pull out of UNHRC

The letter calls on the US to fulfill its pledge of combating the UNHRC's anti-Israeli bias • Letter follows the publication of the Commission of Inquiry that criticized Israel

 Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). It is the meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council.