Israeli Envoy to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on Friday tore to pieces the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s annual report while on the podium of the UN General Assembly, claiming it was biassed […]
By Romana Rubeo US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Thursday that the United States has concerns with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will oppose its “disproportionate” attention on […]
The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Shameem Khan, has announced the appointment of three members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to investigate “alleged […]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has summoned the Philippines envoy, Macairog Alberto, to protest against his country’s vote in favor of forming an inquiry commission into Israel’s violations in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. On […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decided on Thursday, May 27, to “urgently establish an ongoing independent, international commission of inquiry,” to be appointed by the President of the […]
The UN Human Rights Council will consider launching a broad, international investigation into abuses in the latest violence against Gaza and also into “systematic” abuses, according to a proposal tabled on Tuesday. The draft resolution […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riad al-Maliki said on Friday evening that the UN Human Rights Council approved a draft resolution submitted by the State of Palestine, which calls for holding Israel accountable for […]
By Rima Najjar Trump wants to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and shift responsibility for Palestine refugees to the office of the UN High […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday condemned Israel’s “apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force” against civilian protesters in the Gaza Strip during the Great March of Return. In addition […]
Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire following protests along the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel, the enclave’s health ministry has announced. The health ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, told AFP the two men, […]
Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary, has revealed that the UK will oppose the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) permanent agenda item on human rights abuses in Palestine. Writing in the Jewish Chronicle, Hunt […]
A United Nations (UN) probe said, on Thursday, that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes killing scores of Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 suppressing weekly protests in the besieged Gaza Strip over […]
Israel deliberately targeted children and journalists during peaceful protests in Gaza, putting them in breach of international law, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) said in a report today. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday appointed a new chair of its Gaza probe after the previous chair resigned just one month into the role. The new appointee, Santiago Canton, replaces senior American […]
Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into Israeli killings in Gaza this year, has resigned, the United Nations said. The UN said […]
By Ramona Wadi On Monday, Israeli lawyer Yuval Shany was appointed to chair the UN Human Rights Committee – a body of experts that monitors the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 1(1) […]
By Ramona Wadi There is a major flaw which is overlooked when discussing the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). On one hand, it shows the collaborative efforts of Israel and the […]
The United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, Nikki Haley, Washington’s ambassador to the UN, has announced. Haley made the announcement on Tuesday in Washington, DC. DETAILS: US Ambassador to the […]
The UK has joined the US in condemning an alleged anti-Israel bias at the UN, pledging to vote against issues on Palestine brought by the Human Rights Council. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson yesterday urged the […]
The United States is planning to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council over claims by Washington that the body is biased against Israel, diplomatic sources say. The council will begin a three-week session […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) voted to send a delegation of experts to the occupied Palestinian territory to assess the health situation in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. During the WHO’s 71st World […]
Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of the deadly shootings of dozens of Palestinians on the Gaza border, the […]
By Marion Kawas Six weeks after Israeli snipers started killing and maiming Palestinians, including children, journalists, and medical workers, Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau finally released a carefully worded statement regarding the situation. The statement came […]
By Ramona Wadi In diplomatic circles, language hardly changes from one scenario to the next. It is only the accusations leveled against different political actors that convey part of the context, which always disregards allegations […]
Israel’s human rights record was put under the spotlight Tuesday during a major international review at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of the body’s regular examination of Israel’s actions in […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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