United Nations Human Rights Council

The law that devoured itself

International law, between universalist fiction and organized impotence

Interim Venezuelan president ousts defense chief as Washington makes limited progress in Caracas

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez replaced longtime Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with General Gustavo Gonzalez López on March 18, followed by implementing a sweeping reshuffle of...

Russian Abduction of Ukrainian Children is Part of Effort To Erase Ukrainian Identity

The “largest child abduction case since World War 2”  is set to be discussed by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress. The March 25 hearing will focus on the Ukrainian...

South African Government Continues Antagonizing U.S.

South Africa is defiant, refusing to distance itself from the Islamic Republic despite U.S. Ambassador Brent Bozell stating that “an association with Iran is an impediment to good relations with the...

South Africa Should Stand with the Iranian People, Not Their Oppressors

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be dead, but the warm feelings linger on in South Africa. The Islamic Republic’s brutal repression of its civilians and the US-Israeli operation against...

Iran Protests Highlight South Africa’s Broken Moral Compass

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‘Completely False’: Tehran’s Top Prosecutor Denies 800 Executions Were Halted After Trump Intervention

Iranian Prosecutor Denies U.S. Claim to Have Prevented 800 Hangings: Iran’s top prosecutor, Mohammad Movahedi, vehemently denied President Donald Trump’s claim that his threats...

The Gaslighting Masterclass Happening Now In Doha

A masterclass in gaslighting is being given in Doha right now. Qatar is hosting the Conference of State Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption from December 15 through 19. It’s...

Fifty years since the UN’s ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution

In adopting it, the world body became the main vehicle for the promotion of Jew-hatred, creating a bureaucratic apparatus designed to amplify the Arab and Palestinian campaign to eliminate Israel as a sovereign state.

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

“What is the purpose of the U.N.?”

President Trump poses an essential question

UN Adds 68 Companies to Blacklist of Firms With Business Ties to Israeli Communities in West Bank

Controversial UN Blacklist Updated: The United Nations added 68 companies on September 26 to the blacklist of firms it claims are violating Palestinian human rights by conducting...

Qatar Is Repressing Religious Minorities — and Washington Knows It

Remy Rowhani, a 71-year-old Qatari citizen, found out on August 13 that he will be spending the next five years of his life in prison. His crime? Posting content on social media that allegedly “cast...

7 UN Organizations That Undermine Israel and the U.S.

The Trump administration announced on July 22 its departure from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2026. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce...

Time To End UN’s Anti-Israel and Anti-American Commission of Inquiry

All three members of a notoriously anti-Israel and anti-American UN commission resigned in recent days.  While a welcome first step, the resignations only take effect after another three months. ...

Entire UN Panel Targeting Israel Resigns Following U.S. Sanctions Against Special Rapporteur for Palestinians

Commission Designed to Malign Israel, Panelists Resign: Navi Pillay, chair of an open-ended UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate Israel, has informed the UN Human Rights Council...

‘Open Contempt for the United States, Israel and the West’: U.S. Places Sanctions on UN Palestinian Rights Rapporteur Albanese

‘Action Against U.S. and Israeli Officials, Companies and Executives’: The United States sanctioned Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the “Occupied Palestinian...

‘Unfit for Office’: U.S. Calls on UN to Fire Francesca Albanese in Light of Report Accusing Companies of Contributing to ‘Genocide’

‘Antisemitism and Support for Terrorism’: The Trump administration formally requested that the United Nations fire Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the “Occupied...

5 Wasteful and Harmful UN Organizations That Delegitimize Israel

As the Trump administration undertakes a review of U.S. support for the United Nations, it should defund and seek the elimination of five UN organizations that exist primarily to delegitimize Israel. Toward...

Iran’s Foothold Reaches Into North Africa

In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran issued a baffling threat: if Israel did not relent in Gaza, Tehran would close the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow maritime passage separating Africa from...