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.

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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


The UN blacklist and a lesson on corporate responsibility

The UNHRC published a blacklist of companies that they claim do business with or in Israeli settlements.

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NGOs to present activist with award for fighting slavery in Mauritania

Mauritania has an estimated 500,000 slaves in the country – the highest rate of slavery in the world.

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Security firm owner 'proud' to be on UN business blacklist

Rachel Risby Raz, co-owner of Galshan Shvakim, said her firm protected innocent people regardless of race or geographical location, and was proud to do so.

Israeli security forces are seen during protest against the U.S. president Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, in Jerusalem's Old City January 29, 2020

The UN Human Rights Council's shameful blacklist

Countries with the worst human-rights records, such as Cuba and Venezuela, pushed the list due to their anti-Israel views, not because of an attachment to international law.

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

Pompeo: UN blacklist shows its ‘unrelenting anti-Israeli bias’

"Attempts to isolate Israel run counter to all of our efforts to build conditions conducive to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that lead to a comprehensive and enduring peace."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a news conference in the Press Briefing Room at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2020

UN blacklists companies with ties to Israeli settlements

The Foreign Ministry said it was cutting off ties with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, which had compiled the list.

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

Rights groups call on UN body to act against Iran

Violations by Islamic Republic continue a month after anti-government unrest breaks out

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

U.N. expert calls for boycott of Israeli settlement products

“This occupation will not die of old age,” Michael Lynk told the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories, attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2019

Venezuela and Libya elected to serve on the UN Human Rights Council

"The Human Rights Council continues to abandon human rights and is now in the business of protecting dictators and war crimes," said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

UN report alarmed by growing antisemitism, criticizes BDS

The interim report, which the Israeli mission to the UN called "unprecedented," identified antisemitism from all sides of the political spectrum and called for action.

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