Unhrc

'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence

The motion's approval extends an independent probe into human rights abuses in Iran and calls for an urgent inquiry into the violent crackdown by authorities on protesters.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
Workers prepare AIS boxes at a World Food Programme (WFP) facility in Damascus countryside, Syria, July 29, 2025.

UN food agency warns of deepening hunger crisis as funding falls short

In its 2026 Global Outlook, the Rome-based WFP said 318 million people were expected to face crisis levels of hunger or worse next year, citing sharp declines in humanitarian funding.

|ByREUTERS
During today’s September session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, two video statements were screened on behalf of families of hostages held in Gaza. on September 17th, 2025.

'Torn apart, held in darkness, denied food, medicine, and dignity': Hostage families speak at UNHRC

Hostage families shared harrowing testimony at the UN, urging swift action to save their loved ones from Hamas captivity.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

UN Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on Israeli airstrike on Qatar

The debate was requested by Pakistan on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and by Kuwait on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

|ByREUTERS

'My people's suffering under apartheid used to criminalize Israel' - South African activist

Christian pro-Israel activist Olga Meshoe Washington defended Israel ahead of a UNHRC debate on the final presentation of a report investigating Israel.

JUNE 13, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Olga Meshoe Washington.

Navi Pillay’s revitalized anti-Israel career - opinion

The Pillay-headed trio, like the UNHRC as a whole, has no interest in facts, however. It is solely focused on “fact-finding” for dirt with which to demonize Israel.

JUNE 10, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

UN continues to show bias against Israel - editorial

Mauritania, Pakistan, Somalia and Qatar all have laws to kill homosexuals and all have seats on the UN Human Rights Council.

JUNE 8, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Ambassador Gilad Erdan tears up a UNHRC report at the UNGA.

Nazi propaganda at the United Nations - opinion

Peace cannot be bought. But incitement through hostile media keeps the Goebbels fire burning and sadly, the lies persist.

JUNE 8, 2022BySHIMON SAMUELS
THEN-US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell attends a rally protesting anti-Israel bias outside the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in 2019.

IDF reservists dress up as Hamas terrorists to protest UNHRC probe

Several dozen IDF reservists gathered outside the UN office in Geneva dressed as ski-masked Hamas terrorists waving Palestinian flags.

JUNE 7, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shurat Hadin demonstration in Geneva

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.