Human Rights Council

City of al-Obeid in Sudan facing human rights catastrophe, UN high commissioner warns council

"The signs from al-Obeid are clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan, this time in the capital of the strategic state of North Kordofan," Volker Turk said.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (C) speaks during a press conference as part of his working visit to South Korea at the Seoul Global Center in Seoul on May 13, 2026.
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2026.

How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion

People and rescue forces work following an Israel strike on a school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026.

Primary school strike prompts Iran to request urgent UN Human Rights debate

United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Mai Sato delivers her report before delegates of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026.

Violent suppression, human rights violation: UN rapporteur submits report on Iran’s Jan. protests


U.N. created “confidential file” of alleged Israeli war criminals for ICC

Neither the United States or Israel spoke at the council, but its official issued tweets during the council meeting.

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Is the UNHRC trying to force an arms embargo against Israel?

The Palestinians had hoped that the serious charges in the report would cause the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes.

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

Netanyahu: U.N. set new hypocrisy record with Israeli war crimes allegation

"Israel rejects outright the report of the UN Human Rights Council, which sets new records of hypocrisy and lies, out of obsessive hatred of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 45th Israel mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, February 18th, 2019

The U.N. and the oppressed people of the Middle East

The reality of the world and the region dictates the need for more strategic cooperation and understanding between the oppressed nations of the Middle East and Israel.

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UN chief suggests options for ‘improved Palestinian protection’

Danon: The real protection the Palestinians need is from their own leaders.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks at the UNGA

First Israeli scholar ever picked as chief of U.N. Human Rights Committee

“Currently, the UN’s Human Rights Committee faces several challenges, chiefly that we live in an international climate that no longer supports human rights."

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

U.S. exit from U.N. Human Rights Council is long overdue

You don’t have to be a fan of the Trump administration to applaud them for the courageous and principled stance they have taken at the UN since entering office.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks to the press announcing the US's withdrawal from the UN's Human Rights Council at the Department of State in Washington, US, June 19, 2018

U.S. could quit U.N. Human Rights Council 'imminently' over anti-Israel bias

Nikki Haley publicly told the Council a year ago that Washington might leave the body unless a "chronic anti-Israel bias" were removed.

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.

U.N. Human Rights - as wrong as ever

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UNHRC session timeline: Resolution on Gaza violence investigation approved

The UNHRC approved on Friday a resolution asking the commission of inquiry to “provide recommendations to protect civilians against any further assaults” in Gaza.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Jordan