Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Hillel Neuer. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Hillel Neuer. Mostrar todas las entradas

miércoles, 30 de julio de 2025

Entire UN commission investigating Israel resigns

Members of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, Navanethem Pillay, Miloon Kothari and Chris Sidoti attend a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Oct. 27, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

An entire UN commission investigating Israel, consisting of three members, have announced their resignations.

“I regret to advise that owing to age, medical issues and the weight of several other commitments, I feel compelled to retire as a member of the Commission,” commission chair Navi Pillay wrote in a letter to the President of the UN’s Human Rights Council on July 8. “I hereby submit notice of my resignation with effect on 3 November 2025.”

The other members of the commission, Miloon Kothari and Chris Sodoti, submitted letters of resignation in the subsequent two days.

jueves, 3 de abril de 2025

UN Human Rights Council slated to renew mandate of antisemitic special adviser

The U.N. agency shut down discussion last week about the renewal of Francesca Albanese’s role as special rapporteur on Palestinian rights.

Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, briefs reporters at U.N. Headquarters, Oct. 30, 2024. Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo.

(March 31, 2025 / JNS)  Paul Empole Efambe, the Congolese ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and a vice president of the U.N. Human Rights Council, gave the floor to Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, during a March 26 council meeting.

“Mr. Chair,” Neuer began, “history will record that on this day we came here to fight for the conscience of the United Nations,” noting that the council was “days away” from renewing Francesca Albanese’s term for another three years as special rapporteur on Palestinian rights.