China blah-blahs Durban 2 racism; Egypt protests
The U.N. Human Rights Council held informal consultations on the EU’s resolution on freedom of religion and belief, to be voted on next week. The room was packed, with several states taking the floor,...
View ArticleJapan highlights flaws in resolutions condemning Israel
Palestine presented three draft resolutions in informal consultations: “The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,” “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,...
View ArticleStates debate need for “complementary standards” to the racism convention
South Africa, on behalf of the African group, conducted consultations today on its U.N. Human Rights Council resolution: “Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the...
View ArticleIran chastised for denying Israeli statehood
There was an intense debate today at the U.N. Human Rights Council during the consideration of a report evaluating Israel’s human rights record. With nine minutes left in Israel’s speech, Egypt called...
View ArticleUSA and Canada stand up for free-speech, oppose “defamation of religions”...
Consultations on the Pakistani-sponsored “Defamation of Religions” Human Rights Council resolution continued today at the U.N. Human Rights Council with the USA and Canada proposing various amendments...
View ArticleDraft “Complementary Standards” resolution virtually unchanged despite protest
In informal consultations at the U.N. today, South Africa for the African Group presented the revised text of its Human Rights Council resolution on the “Elaboration of complementary standards to the...
View ArticleEU: Richard Falk’s UNHRC mandate is biased and should be changed
Speaking today in an interactive dialogue with Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, the European Union said...
View ArticleStates debate one-sided, anti-Israel report
At the U.N. Human Rights Council today, states debated Israel’s rights violations in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories” (OPT) and surrounding areas. The discussion began with the presentation of a...
View ArticleIslamic states protest “Islamophobia,”“defamation of religions” in talks on...
At the U.N. Human Rights Council today, states undertook a discussion on racism and follow-up to the 2001 Durban anti-racism Declaration. All delegations that spoke condemned contemporary forms of...
View ArticleU.N. Human Rights Council concludes main annual session; Summary of key...
The U.N. Human Rights Council concluded its main annual session on Friday, March 28. Before the start of the session, Freedom House published an updated report on Freedom in the World, which listed...
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