United Nations Human Rights Council

The U.N. goes def con 3 on Israel

Global bureaucrats are less angry with Putin, Xi, and Khamenei

China wins human rights vote at UN, exposing flaws of Biden’s reform plan

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week voted down a proposal from the United States, Britain, Turkey, and others to hold a debate about the Chinese government’s persecution of Uighur...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

Time for Change at the UN’s Human Rights Division

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is due to appoint a new UN high commissioner for human rights to replace Michele Bachelet, whose term expires on August 31. The new commissioner will have an opportunity...

With Israel under attack, Biden must fight UN anti-Semitism

As the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad lobbed hundreds of rockets at Israel this weekend, a UN Human Rights Council official took to Twitter to denounce the Jewish state, labeling Israeli acts...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August

How The United Nations Overlooks Evidence Of Hamas Human Rights Violations

Last month, a new United Nations Commission of Inquiry released its first report on human rights violations committed by Israelis and Palestinians. While the report condemns Israel for having “no...

Congress Should Help End UN’s Latest Anti-Israel Waste of Funds

With the UN budget in crisis, it is even more irresponsible than usual to waste precious UN resources on the commission of inquiry or any other Israel bashing exercise.

Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts

Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.

UN Human Rights Council report aims to put Israelis behind bars

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict released its highly anticipated report on Tuesday. The commission distorts history and erases Jerusalem’s...

How to Curb Anti-Israel Bias Inside ESG Risk Ratings

How international law dies

It’s flouted by despots and weaponized against small nations

The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it

When the Biden administration last year reversed its predecessor’s decision to abandon the UN Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged his team would use diplomatic engagement...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: June

China’s Multilateral March Continues

China scored several diplomatic victories last week at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), amplifying concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts...

Biden must force feckless WHO to hold Russia accountable for devastating Ukraine’s health facilities

Russia has attacked hundreds of Ukrainian health care facilities since it invaded unprovoked in February, yet it remains a World Health Organization executive-board member with full voting rights. Indeed,...

Putin supports NATO

He’s revitalizing a beneficial international community

Biden Should Press WHO to Suspend Russia

The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region overwhelmingly passed a resolution on May 10 condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with 43 votes in favor and only Russia, Belarus,...

Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice

The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.