Human Rights Council

The Acting Palestinian Authority chief says he will push for a vote on a recently released UN report about Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Abbas had...

The Palestinians and their allies have called for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to become involved in a row over Gaza war crimes investigations. The proposal was contained in a...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ramallah has called the UN Human Rights Council's adoption of resolutions on Palestine, with a large majority, "another achievement for Palestinian diplomacy", and...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Authority has called on the international Middle East Quartet mediators to adopt a more serious position which holds the Israeli government...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, has called for an investigation into the "apparently deliberate" attacks on civilian targets during the...

United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk yesterday, 13 February, called for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees held without charges by Israel. Mr. Falk expressed deep concern for...

On Tuesday, delegations from across the UN member states convened in Geneva for Israel's Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Only 48 hours before the hearing was due to commence, it...

Never in my life have I seen a president that fawns over the Israelis, begs for their approval, sings their praises and lauds their achievements and history like the...