Human Rights Council

PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands

Individuals, including children, are being held by the PA security force despite court orders for their release, the UN office confirmed.

Police officers stand guard as Palestinians protest outside the Prime Minister's office, calling on the government to fulfil demands related to prisoners and injured people, in Ramallah, the West Bank, May 31, 2026
Former US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel met President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on July 7, 2026.

The Democratic Party's Israel problem runs deeper than Rahm Emanuel says - opinion

Former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky sharing her experience of sexual abuse at the UN Human Rights Council.

'I am proof of Hamas's violence': Ex-hostage Ilana Gritzewsky tells 'Post' of sexual abuse in Gaza

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (C) speaks during a press conference as part of his working visit to South Korea at the Seoul Global Center in Seoul on May 13, 2026.

City of al-Obeid in Sudan facing human rights catastrophe, UN high commissioner warns council


U.S. could quit U.N. Human Rights Council 'imminently' over anti-Israel bias

Nikki Haley publicly told the Council a year ago that Washington might leave the body unless a "chronic anti-Israel bias" were removed.

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

U.N. Human Rights - as wrong as ever

The Jerusalem Post

UNHRC session timeline: Resolution on Gaza violence investigation approved

The UNHRC approved on Friday a resolution asking the commission of inquiry to “provide recommendations to protect civilians against any further assaults” in Gaza.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Jordan

Report: Palestinians apply unilaterally to 8 international treaties

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon: "The Palestinian leadership is wrong to think that it can dictate facts on the ground via bypasses and unilateral moves."

The Palestinian flag flies after being raised by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly.

Amb. Haley slams ‘foolish’ UNHRC after it passes 5 anti-Israel resolutions

Haley also warned that the US is still weighing whether it plans to remain on the council, adding that Friday’s resolutions was another blow to the institution’s “credibility.”

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at UN headquarters in New York

UN Human Rights Council approves call for arms embargo against Israel

The council approved five anti-Israel resolutions during the Geneva body's 37th session.

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

'What if I paid to butcher your fathers?' terrorism victim asks UNHRC

Avni to UNHRC: “The Palestinian Authority actually has a pay-to-slay law. Palestinians systematically pay terrorists to murder Jews."

Bus flipped by tractor in Jerusalem terror attack.

U.S. slams UNHRC on Israel, Iran

“It is unacceptable that the HRC treats Israel differently from every other UN member.”

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

Turn Israel into pariah state to 'end occupation,' UN official urges

Lynk urged the international community to end military, economic, academic and other forms of cooperation with Israel to ostracize it unto political change.

The United Nations GA filled with Israeli flags during anti-BDS summit

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.

Israeli pedestrians stand on a roadside near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat