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UN Human Rights Council
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran.
March 6, 2023, 12:19 pm
OPINION: Offering Iran a voice at UN Human Rights Council is grotesque
The "surreal" decision to give Iran a vocal platform is "an insult to the memory of all those Tehran has gunned down, executed and tortured in recent months" writes Labour MP Steve McCabe.
By Steve McCabe MP
United Nations Human Rights Council
October 19, 2021, 9:16 am
US rejoins UN Human Rights Council years after Trump left due to Israel concerns
President Biden’s envoy to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, argued in a statement that the move will not mean the U.S. does not stand with Israel.
By JTA
A Palestinian woman carries a banner during a demonstration in the Gaza Strip on September 5, 2001, ahead of the UN conference in Durban, South Africa (Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah)
October 11, 2021, 1:17 pm
Britain accuses UN of downplaying antisemitism as Durban vote passes
Ten nations vote to oppose an anti-racism declaration by the UN Human Rights Council over concerns about its anti-Israel content
By Michael Daventry
Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, left, and Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, posing for a photo on Gandelsman’s Instagram page. Sarah Idan would face execution under the proposed new law.
July 10, 2019, 1:00 pm
Former Miss Iraq may have citizenship rescinded over Israel ties
Sub group of Iraq's parliament may take action against Sarah Idan, the country's 2017 contestant in the pageant, after her speech at the UNHRC
By Jewish News Reporter
United Nations Headquarters
March 21, 2019, 5:40 pm
Austria and Denmark join the UK in opposing anti-Israel resolutions at UN
The resolutions are part of the only country-specific permanent item on the UNHRC agenda
By Jewish News Reporter
United Nations Human Rights Council
March 19, 2019, 12:56 pm
UK urged to vote against anti-Israel motions at UN Human Rights Council meeting
Concerns raised over arrest warrants being issued for IDF soldiers after independent commission in Palestinian territories presents findings to body
By Jewish News Reporter
Eight Turks and one Turkish-American were killed and several Israeli soldiers and pro-Palestinians were wounded on the mavi marmaraship on May 31 2010.
February 13, 2019, 3:02 pm
Israel accused of exerting ‘unprecedented pressure’ over ICC Mavi Marmara probe
Victims of fatal storming of Gaza-bound activist ship claim the Jewish state is trying to sway the International Criminal Court's prosecutor
By Jewish News Reporter
Israelis demonstrate against the Nation State Law
August 10, 2018, 12:57 pm
Jewish News meets… UN Human Rights Committee chair – Yuval Shany
Stephen Oryszczuk speaks to the Israeli professor with a key position at the United Nations
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Boris Johnson
June 18, 2018, 12:46 pm
Jewish groups welcome Boris Johnson’s criticism of UN Human Rights body over Israel
UK Foreign Secretary says the international body's focus on the Jewish state was 'disproportionate', but that Britain is not 'blind to the value' of the council
Amnesty
January 23, 2018, 4:47 pm
Lawyers say Amnesty may have acted illegally in cancelling JLC meeting
Legal opinion comes after the human rights group pulls out of a hosting a panel event in protest of illegal settlement goods
May 30, 2017, 5:39 pm
Theresa May writes exclusively for Jewish News: ‘I’ll be your community’s champion’
With just days before the election, British Prime Minister makes pledges on issues which matter most to the community including shechita, security and faith schools
By Prime Minister Theresa May
March 21, 2016, 5:23 pm
Yair Lapid lambasts United Nations body as ‘a council for terrorist rights’
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