Tag: Human Rights
Ilhan Omar is just one of many guilty of hypocrisy on Turkey
Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 represented a breakthrough. Hard as it may...
European court: Holocaust denial is not protected by human-rights law
Holocaust denial is not a form of freedom of expression protected under the European Human Rights Convention, a top European court ruled on Thursday in regards to a case from nearly a decade ago.
German right-wing extremist...
Supreme Court delays decision on deportation of Human Rights Watch director
Israel’s Supreme Court decided Tuesday to push off making a decision regarding the deportation of Human Rights Watch’s Israel/Palestine Director Omar Shakir until after Rosh Hashanah, extending a 14-month legal battle centering on whether...
Mother of captured Israeli soldier to address UN Human Rights Council
Leah Goldin, mother of captured Israel Defense Forces’ soldier Hadar Goldin, is scheduled to address the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva later this week, where she will call on the international community to...
In first-ever review, UN racism panel presses Palestinians on fomenting anti-Semitism
The United Nations’s anti-racism committee began a mandatory two-day review on Tuesday of the policies and practices of the Palestinian Authority, whose delegation responded by criticizing experts of the 18-member panel for asking about...
At International Human Rights Day conference, Israeli minorities praise Jewish state
The Zionist organization Im Tirtzu held its sixth annual Zionist Conference for Human Rights last night in Tel Aviv.
During the conference, which takes place annually on international Human Rights Day, Im Tirtzu CEO Matan...
Human Rights Watch: Palestinian Authority and Hamas crush dissidents
Despite its anti-Israel stance, the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch accused the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday of violently stopping dissent.
“Twenty-five years after Oslo, Palestinian authorities have gained only limited power in the West Bank and...
Democracy, Human Rights, and the Limits of International Interventions
Is it time to reexamine the applications of traditional foreign policy paradigms in light of the complicated contemporary realities?
Several recent developments challenge the understanding of limits of international interventions in political or diplomatic context.
The...
French-funded NGOs: The radicalization of human rights
The banner of human rights provides nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) around the world with a halo of credibility and impartiality, enhancing their access to funding and to decision-making processes. Unfortunately, many NGOs routinely exploit the rhetoric of...
US Foreign Policy Can’t Ignore Human Rights
US President Donald Trump traveled to Singapore to negotiate urgent nuclear matters, and not to discuss North Korean violations of basic human rights. Nonetheless, any such willful US indifference to these violations in another...