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PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands

Individuals, including children, are being held by the PA security force despite court orders for their release, the UN office confirmed.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Police officers stand guard as Palestinians protest outside the Prime Minister's office, calling on the government to fulfil demands related to prisoners and injured people, in Ramallah, the West Bank, May 31, 2026
DISPLACED PEOPLE ride on an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, earlier this month. Zamzam, Sudan’s largest refugee camp, was bombarded by the RSF for months, with at least 300 killed between Zamzam an

UN Human Rights Council orders urgent inquiry into escalating RSF violence in Sudan

"These horrors must not be repeated," Britain’s Human Rights Ambassador Eleanor Sanders told the body.

|ByREUTERS
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

The corruption of the system did not happen overnight. As dictatorships gained influence inside the UNHRC, they learned they need not abolish the language of human rights to weaken it.

|ByDINA ROVNER
UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese attends press conference in Geneva

Francesca Albanese denounces 'toxic' attacks against her

In recent weeks, Germany, France, Italy, and others have called for Albanese to step down over her criticism of Israel. Albanese, an Italian lawyer, said the remarks were taken out of context.

|ByREUTERS

Europe calls for UNHRC debate on Iran protests, human rights violations

Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the UN Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByREUTERS
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

Jewish groups welcome Morningstar's new commitments to Israel

Morningstar's ties to BDS were first identified in April 2020, when the Chicago company announced it was acquiring full ownership of Amsterdam-based Sustainalytics.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
THE WRITER poses for a portrait in Chicago. ‘Morningstar does not support the anti-Israel BDS campaign; it never has and it never will,’ he says.

Jewish organizations denounce UN's COI report: 'Distorted and biased'

OCTOBER 22, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

UN finds Russia responsible for 'vast majority' of potential war crimes in Ukraine

It also found abuses committed by Ukraine, including two cases of people who were out of action who were shot, wounded or tortured.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByREUTERS
THE UN General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council earlier this month.

The UN condemned Russia – is Moscow’s war finally losing international impunity?

Only four countries voted to support Russia's actions at the latest UN assembly.

OCTOBER 13, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Monitors at the United Nations General Assembly hall display the results of a vote on a resolution condemning the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, October 12, 2022

UNHRC refuses to debate China's human rights violations

47-member body rejected text in a narrow vote of 17-19, with 11 abstentions • FM claims victory after human rights body approves first Israeli resolution

OCTOBER 6, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Activists take part in a protest against China's treatment towards the ethnic Uyghur people and calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, at a park Jakarta, Indonesia, January 4, 2022

Shelling hits south Ukraine as Russia in UN spotlight over escalation

As the conflict in Ukraine continues with no clear end in sight, more nations are speaking out against Russia's actions.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022ByREUTERS
An ammunition boxes are seen near a house damaged by shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the village of Hrakove, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 9, 2022

Bachelet's anti-Israel bias and China breakdown

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Looking back at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' tenure.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
THE UNITED NATIONS High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the UN in Geneva, last week.

Israel: UN human rights office is a mouthpiece for Palestinian Authority

Israel has not acted in good faith when it comes to processing visa applications, Bachelet said, adding that she called on the government "to meet its international obligations in this regard.”

AUGUST 30, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

UN should reinstate staffer sacked for tweet against ‘indiscriminate rocket fire’ - Erdan

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said that firing Muscroft over the tweet "effectively grants Palestinian players an ‘unwritten veto’ over UN statements."

AUGUST 14, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Rockets are fired toward Israel from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022.