United Nations Human Rights Council

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

US rejoining UN Human Rights Council; what it should do first

Excerpt The United States on Thursday won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning in January 2022, with the Biden administration vowing to prove it can reform the council from within....

Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again

The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected a commitment, articulated in the Declaration of United Nations, to “defend life, liberty,...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late August

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Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early August

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late July

The problem with peacekeeping

The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally

The Impact of the Ahwaz protests in Iran

Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority on July 7 launched extensive anti-regime protests centered in the country’s western Khuzestan Province. Extreme water shortages affecting the Ahwaz were the catalyst for...

The authoritarian conquest of the UN

Accommodation and engagement are no solution

A Better Blueprint for International Organizations

Advancing American Interests on the Global Stage

United Nations Human Rights Council

Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.

Hold Hamas Accountable for Human-Shields Use During the May 2021 Gaza War

How Congress can fight Hamas’s use of human shields

Excerpt A ceasefire has halted for now the Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. But the conflict continues, including through campaigns at the United Nations and in the media to attribute victory...

UNHRC Creates Flawed Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Israel

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on May 27 creating a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate alleged violations of international law during the recent fighting in Gaza, as well...

Global health policy shouldn’t be shaped by a country that bombs hospitals

Bashar al-Assad recently celebrated two election victories. In Syria, he claimed 95.1 percent of the vote in his run for a fourth term as president. The government reported that more than 14 million...

Norwegian divestment illustrates weakness of campaign to boycott Israel

It will be important to see if the blacklist’s impact is boosted by the new UNHRC commission of inquiry into Israeli activities in the disputed territories, which was approved on May 27.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May

Fighting Israel on other battlefields

Enemies of the Jewish state launch attacks at the UN and in the media

Flight 752 file and questions that remain unanswered

In a recent report, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies referred to Ukraine’s response to the Islamic Republic’s “non-transparent” actions in connection with the case...