U.N. official pins blame for Boston Marathon bombing on ‘Tel Aviv’

Published on April 23, 2013

Richard Falk, an official for the U.N. Human Rights Council, in an online commentary blamed the Boston Marathon bombing on "Tel Aviv."

U.S. slams UNHRC for ‘disproportionate’ Israel focus

Published on March 19, 2013

The Obama administration refused to participate in a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Israeli settlements and slammed the body for its "disproportionate" focus on Israel.

Nobel Peace Laureate David Trimble speaks in support of Israel at UN Human Rights council debate on Israeli settlements

Published on March 18, 2013

Nobel Peace Laureate David Trimble, member of the British House of Lords, will be taking the floor shortly in this morning's UN Human Rights Council debate on a new report by a fact-finding mission on Israeli settlements, to deliver the following statement on behalf of the Geneva non-governmental organization UN Watch.

U.N.: Israel must withdraw from settlements immediately

Published on January 31, 2013

A U.N. report on the impact of Jewish West Bank settlements on Palestinians said Israel immediately should begin withdrawing all settlers from the territory.

Israel boycotts scheduled U.N. review of human rights practices

Published on January 29, 2013

Israel boycotted a United Nations review of its human rights practices, becoming the first country to do so.

U.N. imprisonment watchdog calls on Cuba to release Alan Gross

Published on January 8, 2013

The United Nations Human Rights Council's imprisonment watchdog called on Cuba to release jailed Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross.

U.S. wins re-election to U.N. Human Rights Council

Published on November 12, 2012

The United States succeeded on Monday in its bid for re-election to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, a Geneva-based watchdog that has been criticized by Washington and Israel for singling out the Jewish state for criticism.

Foreign policy: In favor of Obama

Published on October 17, 2012

In debates over which candidate, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, most supports Israel, many have made the case, including in the Journal, that the president’s staunchly pro-Israel policies speak for themselves. This debate must also include a broader point: Israel needs more than America’s military, economic and political support. It needs a United States engaged in global diplomacy, with high standing worldwide, capable of advancing our shared objectives.

Obama administration defends Human Rights Council record

Published on July 13, 2012

The Obama administration noted a recent reduction in U.N. Human Rights Council actions targeting Israel in defending its decision to rejoin the body.

Israel blasts inclusion on U.N. list of human rights violators

Published on April 30, 2012

Israel's Foreign Ministry criticized as "absurd" the country's inclusion on a list of countries that restricts the activities of human rights and advocacy groups.

Lieberman: Israel might withdraw from U.N. Human Rights Council

Published on March 23, 2012

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly said he might recall Israel's ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council after the council voted 36-1 to investigate the effects of Jewish settlements on Palestinians.

Goldstone would have to request that U.N. dump report

Published on April 4, 2011

Richard Goldstone would have to ask the United Nations on behalf of his committee to rescind its report on Israel's actions during the 2009 Gaza war to set such an action in motion, a U.N. spokesman said. The U.N. Human Rights Council, which commissioned the report, has not received such a request, The Associated Press reported Monday.

U.N.’s Falk says Israel committing ‘ethnic cleansing’

Published on March 21, 2011

Richard Falk, the special rapporteur of the United Nations on the Palestinians, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in eastern Jerusalem. Falk's statements Monday to the Human Rights Council came as the council prepared a resolution condemning settlement building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.

AJC: Suspend Libya from U.N. Human Rights Council

Published on February 22, 2011

The American Jewish Committee called on the United Nations General Assembly to suspend Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Human Rights Council wants independent probe on flotilla

Published on June 2, 2010

The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling for an independent fact-finding mission into Israel's interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla.