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Iran and the Futility of Denial Diplomacy at the UN Human Rights Council

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Javad Larijani, Irgc, Human Rights Council, Ban Ki-Moon, UN Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur, Mehdi Karroubi, Navi Pillay, Ahmed Shaheed, World News

Considering Javad Larijani's inability to build coalitions with other UN member states and in view of his aggressive conduct, expecting him and his team to effect changes in Iran's standing within the UN appears highly unlikely.

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Israeli Settlements in Vise Between Court and Council

Jeffrey Laurenti | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Palestine, Israel, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, World News

The Israeli supreme court's brusque dismissal of Benjamin Netanyahu's "compromise" to avoid demolishing a West Bank settler outpost that even Israelis acknowledge is illegal spotlights the deep divisions within Israel about the ongoing settlement enterprise.

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Israel Bars U.N. Team From Investigating Settlements

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Video, Israeli Settlements, Israel Bans UN, Un Israel, Jewish Settlements, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, Israel, UN Israel Settlements, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or...

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Iranian Sunset

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Israel, Iran, United States, Human Rights, Ahmadinejad, War, Geneva, UN Human Rights Council, World News

How terribly tiring it is to watch shows like the Shahs of Sunset, especially for those of us who actually hope to promote true cultural awareness and understanding between the nations. Clothes, "holla", money, shahs, bombs, nuclear weapons and terrorists.

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Voter ID Insanity at DOJ Going to the United Nations

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Department of Justice, Voter ID, Voting Rights Act, Voters, Eric Holder, Voting, United Nations Human Rights Council, Eric Holder Attorney General, Voter Identification, UN Human Rights Council, Naacp, Politics News

The right to vote includes the right not to have your vote diluted by fraudulent votes. And as citizens, each of us has a duty to comply with reasonable measures to ensure that our elections are free and fair.

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Rebels Launch Effort To Fight Crackdown In Syria

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Russia, Human Rights Violations, Video, Human Rights, United Nations, UN Human Rights Council, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, China, Cuba, World News

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How Many More Syrians Have to be Killed Before Russia and China Condemn the Syrian Regime?

Nehad Ismail | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Genocide, Syria Crimes Against Humanity, Syrian Regime, President Obama, Susan Rice, Arab Street, UN Human Rights Council, Russia, Human Rights Commissioner, China, Tartous Naval Base, Navi Pillay, International Criminal Court, World News

The UN Human rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay told the world on Monday that more than 5000 civilian have been killed by the Syrian security forces since March. At least 300 children have been killed.

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Scathing UN Report On Human Rights Abuses In Syria

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Syria Crimes Against Humanity, Syria Crackdown, Video, Syria United Nations Human Rights Council, Syria United Nations, UN Human Rights Council, Syria Troops, Syria Violence, Syria, Syria War, Syria Crimes, World News

GENEVA -- A U.N. probe has found that Syrian troops killed hundreds of children and committed other "crimes against humanity" since the government cra...

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Time for New Approach to Burma: War Crimes Mounting

Matthew Smith | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, War Crimes, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Myanmar, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, War, Burma, UN General Assembly, Forced Labor, Crimes Against Humanity, World News

Last week, human rights groups released a damning report documenting how ordinary Burmese convicts are brutally forced by the state to carry heavy munitions and supplies for the Burma Army, acting as human shields.

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Muslim States Must Support LGBT Rights

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, u.n. Human Rights Council, Islam, Lgbt, Muslim, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, U.N., United Nations, World News

As Muslims, we know what it's like to live in a world that can be hostile and discriminatory. Therefore, we have an even greater obligation to create the least hostile and discriminatory planet we can.

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U.N. Passes 'Historic' Gay Rights Resolution

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Human Rights, Transgender, UN Human Rights Council, LGBT Rights, Lesbians, Gays, UN Gay Rights Resolution, Civil Rights, World News

GENEVA — The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hail...

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The Goldstone Report: Behind the Uproar

Ted Piccone | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Human Rights, Goldstone Report, UN Human Rights Council, Un Israel, Israel, Middle East Peace, World News

This debate will rage on, complicated if not entirely consumed by politics and emotion. It's probably not surprising, then, that most commentators have entirely missed three critical points.

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Is the U.S. Prepared to Win at the UN Human Rights Council? We Just Did

Dokhi Fassihian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, World News

It's easy to walk away from our ideological adversaries for fear of losing in the UN Human Rights Council. But fighting and winning on human rights is a far more appropriate role for the United States in the world.

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Blasphemy Laws Are Against Islam

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organization of Islamic Conference, Blasphemy Laws, Defamation of Religions, Shabbaz Bhatti, Human Rights First, Salman Taseer, Pakistan, UN Human Rights Council, Religion News

The concept of Defamation of Religions denies a person their free will to choose -- one of God's greatest gifts to humanity -- and deprives individuals of their right to free speech and expression.

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U.N. Suspends Libya From Human Rights Council

AP/The Huffington Post | By ANITA SNOW | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Hague, Human Rights Council, United Nations, Gaddafi, No-Fly-Zone, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Human Rights Watch, Un-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-Moon, Ban Ki-Moon, UN Human Rights Council, US-Secretary-of-State-Hillary-Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Un, Libya Protests, Joseph-Deiss, World News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. General Assembly suspended Libya from its top human rights body as governments worldwide pressured Muammar Gaddafi to ...

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Ratcheting Up Pressure on Gaddafi: An Interview with Tom Malinowski

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No-Fly-Zone, Nato, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, United States, UN Human Rights Council, Bahrain, Libya, Middle East, Oman, UN Security Council, Human Rights, United Nations, World News

As part of a growing international campaign condemning the Libyan government's violence against opposition forces, the European Union, the United Nations, and U.S. have imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions on Libya.

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Libya Protests: Tripoli In Open Revolt, Pro-Gaddafi Gangs Terrorize Capital

AP/The Huffington Post | MAGGIE MICHAEL and BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Treasury Department, Libya Protests, Middle East Protests, Jay Carney, President Barack Obama, United Nations, President Obama, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, UN Security Council, Libya Protests Sanctions, Barack Obama, Gaddafi, Libya, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Muammar Gaddafi, Tim Geithner, Ban Ki-Moon, Nato, UN Human Rights Council, Timothy Geithner, Hillary Clinton, Tripoli, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, World News

TRIPOLI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's regime passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols roving the terrorized capi...

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U.S. Freezes Gaddafi's Assets

AP/The Huffington Post | By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, White House, Middle East Protests, Jay Carney, President Barack Obama, United Nations, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, UN Security Council, Barack Obama, Gaddafi, Libya, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Muammar Gaddafi, Nato, Ban Ki-Moon, Tim Geithner, UN Human Rights Council, Timothy Geithner, Hillary Clinton, Tripoli, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Libya Protests, World News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration froze assets of the Libyan government, leader Muammar Gaddafi and four of his children Friday, just hours ...

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On Human Rights, Send in the Experts

Ted Piccone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, UN Human Rights, Human Rights, Un, Un Experts, UN Human Rights Council, World News

Too many governments ignore or deny UN experts' allegations or block efforts to gain access to the country or to victims. The lack of state cooperation, however, is not the only challenge the independent experts face.

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Quiet Progress on Human Rights in Geneva

Esther Brimmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Human Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, UN Human Rights Council, Esther Brimmer, Somalia, Civil Society, World News

The landmark achievements on the right to assembly and women's rights, two results that would not have been possible without concerted U.S. engagement, show that the Council can make a positive difference on human rights.

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Tyrants Shouldn't Dictate Human Rights Policy

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, World News

The UN's current roundtable for human rights is a tool to whitewash, cover up, and direct attention away from the behavior of its worst member governments.

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Israel Flotilla Raid Violated International Law, UN Council Says

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel Flotilla Raid, u.n. Human Rights Council, UN Mavi Marmara, Gaza, Israeli Flotilla Council, Un, Israel Gaza, Israel, Mavi Marmara, World News

GENEVA — A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza...

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The U.S. Human Rights Report: Courage and Candor Are Signs of Strength

Wade Henderson, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, President Obama, Human Rights, Martin Luther King, UN Commission on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Periodic Review, UN Human Rights Council, Franklin Roosevelt, Civil Rights, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News

Last year, I was part of an official U.S. delegation that met with members of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. President Obama had just given ...

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Omar al Bashir and the Problem of Whataboutery

Ben S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Omar Al Bashir, Tony Blair, UN Human Rights Council, George W. Bush, Sudan, The Left, Whataboutery, International Criminal Court, World News

In 2008, when the ICC initially charged al-Bashir with individual criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity in Darfur, there was a veritable chorus of "What about Bush?"

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Iran's Bid For UN Human Rights Panel Seat Fails

Politico | Laura Rozen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Un, UN Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, World News

Iran's bid to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has failed, human rights watchers tell POLITICO....

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