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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

The Czech Republic replaces Russia on the UNHRC

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration looks forward to working “closely with our Czech colleagues"

MAY 11, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

Russia blasts Israel for UNGA vote in favor of UNHRC suspension

Israel’s vote in favor of suspending Russia from the UNHRC was a “thinly veiled” attempt to divert international attention away from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -Russia’s Foreign Ministry.

APRIL 16, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A screen with the result of a vote is pictured during the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022.

Beyond Russia: Fixing the UN’s human rights farce - opinion

The worst violators are dictators like Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who protect themselves and their allies from investigation and criticism.

APRIL 9, 2022ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR Gennady Gatilov attends a meeting with members of the media after a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in Ukraine, last month.

Russia quits UNHRC after being suspended with Israel's support

Russia's deputy UN Ambassador Gennady Kuzmin described the move as an 'illegitimate and politically motivated step,' and then announced that Russia had decided to quit the Human Rights Council.

APRIL 8, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A UN security officer stands guard during the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022.

Russia vows its forces will 'liberate' Mariupol from nationalists

Russians persists in Mariupol, separatist regions • Ukraine: Attacks against Mykolayiv break war laws • Russian morale decreasing

APRIL 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A view shows an armoured convoy of pro-Russian troops in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict on a road leading to the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 28, 2022.

Israel: UNHRC's new investigator has compared Nakba to Holocaust

Francesca Albanese has compared "the Holocaust to the Nakba, and advocates for the de-facto destruction of the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” Eilon Shahar said.

APRIL 3, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Ambassador to UN Institutions in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar

UN may update blacklist of companies operating in Israeli settlements

An initial list of 112 such companies was published in 2020. The mandate to make changes to that database on an annual basis, however, has been unfilled due to lack of funds.

MARCH 5, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Pro Israel rally outside UNHRC in Geneva‏

Russian envoy compares Ukraine to Nazi Germany at UNHRC

Russian Ambassador compared Ukrainian actions, political and military, to Nazi Germany in United Nations Human Rights Council, causing uproar.

MARCH 3, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

US State Department official addresses return to UN Human Rights Council

The Biden administration has committed to aggressively confront anti-Israel bias in the UNHRC wherever and whenever it appears.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Overview of the UN Human Rights Council during a debate at the United Nations in Geneva

Biden names Atlanta Jewish leader as envoy to UN Human Rights Council

Michèle Taylor, daughter of a Holocaust survivor and founder of a congregation, was named envoy to the UNHRC by President Biden.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.