Human Rights Council

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression

The Taliban has restricted women's movements and barred girls from education beyond primary school since coming to power in 2021, via a series of morality laws limiting expression and employment.

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
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

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.

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

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


UN chief suggests options for ‘improved Palestinian protection’

Danon: The real protection the Palestinians need is from their own leaders.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks at the UNGA

First Israeli scholar ever picked as chief of U.N. Human Rights Committee

“Currently, the UN’s Human Rights Committee faces several challenges, chiefly that we live in an international climate that no longer supports human rights."

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

U.S. exit from U.N. Human Rights Council is long overdue

You don’t have to be a fan of the Trump administration to applaud them for the courageous and principled stance they have taken at the UN since entering office.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks to the press announcing the US's withdrawal from the UN's Human Rights Council at the Department of State in Washington, US, June 19, 2018

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.