U.N. Human Rights Council

patrick.goodenough | March 6, 2023
At the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, the Iranian regime, backed by Venezuela, tried to shut down a civil society representative who drew…
patrick.goodenough | February 27, 2023
As the U.N. Human Rights Council began a five-week session in Geneva on Monday, the foreign ministers of China and Iran both contended that human…
patrick.goodenough | January 4, 2023
Seventeen years after it was created as the United Nations’ foremost human rights body, the Human Rights Council begins 2023 with its smallest…
patrick.goodenough | June 15, 2022
Deep political divisions in the international community were on display at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday as democracies and autocracies…
patrick.goodenough | April 7, 2022
Ahead of a landmark U.N. General Assembly vote on Thursday to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council, Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador said he wants to…
patrick.goodenough | April 6, 2022
Ahead of U.N. General Assembly vote due on Thursday to suspend Russia’s membership from the Human Rights Council, U.N. secretary-general Antonio…
patrick.goodenough | March 1, 2022
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov prepared to address the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday, dozens of diplomats walked out in protest. He…
patrick.goodenough | February 24, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday that the U.S. will run for a seat in the fall, and use it to…
patrick.goodenough | February 8, 2021
Nikki Haley, who as ambassador to the U.N. tried unsuccessfully for a year to reform the U.N. Human Rights Council before President Trump withdrew,…
Nick Kangadis | September 23, 2016
(Image: Screenshot/YouTube) Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on Thursday, two…
patrick.goodenough | June 12, 2014
National Security Advisor Susan Rice claimed Wednesday that the Obama administration’s participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council has moved its…