Human Rights Council

Primary school strike prompts Iran to request urgent UN Human Rights debate

The attack on the Shajareh ​Tayyebeh School consisted of two missile strikes ​in quick succession that killed 168 children, mostly ⁠girls, Iranian officials say.

People and rescue forces work following an Israel strike on a school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026.
United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Mai Sato delivers her report before delegates of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026.

Violent suppression, human rights violation: UN rapporteur submits report on Iran’s Jan. protests

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

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say


UN on track to violate both Charter and Staff Rules - opinion

Serious consideration should be given to terminating the functioning and financing of this ill-advised and damaging Inquiry Commission.

 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.

UN investigator apologizes for Jewish Lobby remark

Kothari explained that his intention had been "to denounce the relentless and vitriolic personal attacks against the members of the commission."

The empty seat of Israel is pictured during a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, 2019

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

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.

Israel signs statement against China's treatment of Uighurs at UNHRC

This is the second year in a row that Israeli has signed onto such a statement.

 An ethnic Uyghur woman holds an East Turkestan flag and a placard that reads, "Genocide is undisguisable, can't be erased from history" during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022.

US slammed for building 22-member bloc against UNHRC probe on Israel

"The US should not be a member of this Council and we call on the UN General Assembly to suspend its membership," PLO Ambassador Khraishi said.

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Navi Pillay’s revitalized anti-Israel career - opinion

The Pillay-headed trio, like the UNHRC as a whole, has no interest in facts, however. It is solely focused on “fact-finding” for dirt with which to demonize Israel.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

IDF reservists dress up as Hamas terrorists to protest UNHRC probe

Several dozen IDF reservists gathered outside the UN office in Geneva dressed as ski-masked Hamas terrorists waving Palestinian flags.

 Shurat Hadin demonstration in Geneva