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 votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council over Ukraine

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid: "The vote today does not change our position on the UN Human Rights Council."

 A screen with the result of a vote is pictured during the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022.

US, Europe plan further Russia sanctions as Ukraine civilian death toll mounts

US, Germany and France promised new sanctions against Russia as images of war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine drew international outcry.

 A soldier takes a photograph of his comrade as he poses beside a destroyed Russian tank and armoured vehicles, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in Bucha, in Kyiv region

UN must hold Israel guilty of crimes of apartheid, investigator says

Michael Lynk's report upgrades the drive to label Israel as an apartheid state because it will be posted on the UN's internet and written into the UNHRC record.

Israel Apartheid Week at Columbia University.

US State Department official addresses return to UN Human Rights Council

The Biden administration has committed to aggressively confront anti-Israel bias in the UNHRC wherever and whenever it appears.

Overview of the UN Human Rights Council during a debate at the United Nations in Geneva

Israel pressing to stop UNHRC from labeling it an apartheid state

It is expected that four resolutions against Israel will be passed at the UNHRC’s 49th session, due to be held from February 28 to April 1.

THE UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, February 2020.

UNHRC approves Durban resolution, 10 nations oppose over antisemitism

Israel had worked behind the scenes to sway UNHRC members to oppose the resolution and to refuse to allow the pro-Durban resolution to pass by consensus

SEATS NORMALLY occupied by the United States delegation are empty one day after the US announced its withdrawal from the UN’s Human Rights Council, at the United Nations in Geneva on June 20, 2018

UK, Germany to let UN Durban resolution pass after boycotting last month

The resolution in Geneva reaffirms support for the 2001 Durban Declaration which singles out Israel as a perpetrator of racism.

THE UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, February 2020.

UN calls for water equity between Israelis and Palestinians

“Roughly 14,000 Palestinians in approximately 180 communities in Area C have no connection to a water network... and are considered at high risk for water scarcity,” the UN report said.

 Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators demonstrate against the cutting of water supply for Palestinians villages, in the southern area of the West bank town of Hebron, on October 2, 2021.

UNHRC cuts off UN Watch for quoting antisemitic posts by UNRWA teachers

The UNHRC cut off UN Watch for quoting antisemitic posts by UNRWA teachers, saying it was an unacceptable personal attack.

 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.

Israel critics comprise UNHRC’s permanent war-crimes probe

All three panelists have a history of activism and inflammatory rhetoric against Israel.

A GAZA CITY building housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera is hit by Israeli missile strikes on May 15.