Human Rights Council

European countries slam Francesca Albanese, France demands resignation from UN Human Rights Council

In response to the accusations, Albanese lashed out at her critics and claimed that her words had been taken out of context.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese listens during a conference on "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", an investigative project on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.
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

The motion's approval extends an independent probe into human rights abuses in Iran and calls for an urgent inquiry into the violent crackdown by authorities on protesters.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
An Iranian living in Japan, with taped mouth and carrying a sign, marches in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in Tokyo, Japan, January 18, 2026.

Internet restoration in Iran begins as rights groups warn of deepening crisis

NetBlocks, a privately held global internet monitor, also claimed that there were signs of "an attempt to generate false traffic and manufacture narratives of a wider restoration."

|ByTZVI JASPER
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres attends a press conference this week in Geneva.

How António Guterres turned ‘international law’ into a weapon against Jews - opinion

The question the world must now ask is not about American power, but about Guterres’s abuse of power.

|ByDUVI HONIG

UNHRC pressures Israeli company to cut off internet services to settlements

The UN Human Rights Council has been accused of blackmailing Bezeq, an telecommunications company that services West Bank settlements.

OCTOBER 17, 2017BySHOSHANA KRANISH
Israeli pedestrians stand on a roadside near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat

Israeli adviser to Human Rights Committee seeks the positive, fights the negative

During his time on the committee, Shany has seen countries enact “very weird claims [that] push the borders of logic.”

OCTOBER 9, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.