Tag: UN Human Rights Council
Breaking down the UNHRC blacklist
In the halls of the United Nations, they’re calling it a “database,” but it’s more commonly and accurately known as a “blacklist.” It’s a list of more than 100 companies conducting business activities with...
Israel takes fight to UNHRC following release of settlement blacklist
Following Wednesday’s release by the United Nations of a blacklist of companies connected to Israeli settlements, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has asked the country’s U.S. consulates to reach out to the governors of states in which targeted...
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...
Is there hope to end anti-Israel bias at the UN Human Rights Council?
The United Nations Human Rights Council met on Monday to single out Israel under the anti-Israel “Agenda Item 7,” a UNHRC mandate that a discussion of Israeli human-rights abuses against Palestinians must be part...