Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights staff member dies in Houthi custody after arbitrary detention of two years
Mohammad el Shami had been held by the Houthi militant group since June 6, 2024, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk said in a statement.
Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture
Daughter of former Gaza hostage confronts UN over UNRWA funding despite Hamas ties
UN human rights chief accuses Israel of war crimes following remains discovered under Gaza rubble
US rejoins UN Human Rights Council, reversing Trump's withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a senior US diplomat in Geneva announced on Monday that Washington has returned to the UN Human Rights Council as an observer.
US pendulum swings back into the UN Human Rights Council - analysis
Republicans snub the UNHRC, which is fixated on Israel and gives cover to dictators. Democrats seek to reform it from the inside. Has either tactic worked?
UN Watch report highlights anti-Israel bias at UN Human Rights Council
Among the claims made against Israel at the UNHRC include Israel hindering the Palestinians in their fight against COVID-19.
Saudi Arabia’s failed UNHRC bid not just about human rights - analysis
Observers of United Nations affairs cite need for major reforms regarding way countries are elected to rights council.
UNHRC condemns Israeli annexation plans, calls for report on its impact
“We have to stand firm and say ‘no’ to what Israel and America are doing in this area,” PLO Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi said.
The UN is rewarding China's litany of human rights abuse - analysis
The UN rewards China’s litany of human rights abuses with influential position on its Human Rights Council, rather than punishing Xi Jinping’s brutal regime.
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.
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.
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.
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.