Human Rights Council
UN rights office says US terror designation of Palestine Action threatens free speech
Palestine Action has targeted Israel-linked defence companies in Britain, especially Israel's largest defence firm Elbit Systems, often blocking entrances or spraying red paint.
PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands
The Democratic Party's Israel problem runs deeper than Rahm Emanuel says - opinion
'I am proof of Hamas's violence': Ex-hostage Ilana Gritzewsky tells 'Post' of sexual abuse in Gaza
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.
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."
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.
Rights groups call on UN body to act against Iran
Violations by Islamic Republic continue a month after anti-government unrest breaks out
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.
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.
