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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council

Portraits are exhibited behind a noose in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin, Germany, on February 10, 2024. (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)
January 7, 2025, 4:00 pm
Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN tally of reports finds
UN rights office spokesperson says international body confident that ‘alarmingly, shockingly high’ figure is correct; increase in number of women executed, surge in use of hangings
By AFP
A diplomat observes the room a the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 9, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
October 1, 2024, 1:46 am
US opts out of running for reelection on UN Human Rights Council
Biden administration decides not to seek second term on council, which it has frequently criticized for obsessive hostility to Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after speaking during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024 (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
September 30, 2024, 10:42 am
Israel-UN relations grow more fraught as world body piles on criticism of Gaza war
Sides have escalated rhetoric post-Oct. 7: Netanyahu lobs accusations of antisemitism at global organization, as its expert on Palestinians suggests Jewish state should be expelled
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Women walk on a market street in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2024. (AFP)
September 13, 2024, 9:08 pm
UN-appointed experts accuse Iran of stepping up repression of women
Independent fact-finding missions particularly concerned by ‘apparent new pattern’ of sentencing to death women activists who oppose hijab requirements
By AFP
Israeli actor Eyal Kitzis (left) interviews cousin of Hamas hostage Gil Dickmann (center) as part of a panel at Hostages and Missing Families Forum conference in Sderot on June 17, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
June 22, 2024, 1:52 pm
Eight months after Oct 7, hostage families struggle to keep loved ones in headlines
Ahead of hostage families’ testimonies at UN, conference in Sderot spotlights public relations troubles of relatives of Hamas captives, invites journalists to give their input
By Charlie Summers
A Palestinian man ferries water at a makeshift camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 4, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
April 5, 2024, 2:56 pm
UN rights council calls for arms embargo on Israel, citing ‘risk of genocide’
In 28-6 vote, Geneva body raises alarm over alleged war crimes in Gaza; US, Germany, Argentina, Bulgaria, Malawi, Paraguay oppose measure, which Israeli envoy pans as ‘distorted’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A motorcycle of Basij, Iranian paramilitary militia, is set on fire during a protest after a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death when she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images)
April 4, 2024, 4:44 pm
UN rights council votes to extend scrutiny of Iran by additional year
United Nations’ top rights body prolongs mission of special rapporteur, citing need to monitor ongoing situation following deadly crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022
By AFP
Iranians protest the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (Photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Middle East Images/AP)
March 8, 2024, 12:27 pm
UN accuses Iran of using ‘disproportionate’ violence during Mahsa Amini protests
Probe finds Islamic Republic committed extrajudicial killings, prisoners sexually assaulted during crackdown; says Amini died of trauma inflicted while in morality police custody
By Jon Gambrell
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to delegates after delivering his report of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 29, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
February 29, 2024, 8:03 pm
UN rights chief says ‘all parties’ guilty of war crimes in Gaza, as ex-hostage looks on
Volker Turk accuses Israel of ‘indiscriminate targeting,’ condemns rocket fire and kidnapping; Elan Tiv, whose father is still being held, shames those who applauded Palestinian envoy
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People cross a road near a giant billboard depicting Muslims walking with their national flags towards the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, erected in Valiasr Square in the center of Tehran on October 25, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 1, 2023, 5:55 am
UN rights official says Israel-Hamas war emboldens Iranian ‘repression’
According to Javaid Rehman, Tehran believes it has ‘deflected internal criticism’ by ‘becoming or claiming to become the cheerleaders… of the Palestinian movement’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: People check in at a counter at Ben Gurion International Airport in November 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 3, 2023, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 3: US visa waiver ‘is gamechanger’ for bilateral ties and travel
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses visa waiver program success; news editor Luke Tress looks at award for anti-Israel ex-UN official; Jessica Steinberg talks Sukkot events
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake in Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 2, 2023, 9:08 pm
UN rights group: Iranian hijab bill constitutes ‘gender apartheid’
Bill raises fines against women who do not wear a headscarf and includes new penalties such as car confiscation
By AFP
File - UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 10, 2023, 10:09 pm
UN report: Israel’s West Bank policies are undermining international legal order
Francesca Albanese, who has been accused of antisemitism, calls on PA security cooperation with Israel to cease over ‘settler-colonial apartheid’ crimes
By Lazar Berman
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (C) is seen on a giant screen as he delivers a speech at the opening of the 53rd UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 20, 2023, 7:45 pm
US leads 27 countries in condemning UN Human Rights Council probe into Israel
Ambassador Michele Taylor tells Geneva-based body that group of countries ‘deeply concerned’ about Commission of Inquiry’s ‘open-ended mandate with no sunset clause’
By AFP and ToI Staff
File - UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 9, 2023, 11:47 pm
UN human rights official says Israel ‘can’t claim’ self-defense after deadly terror
United Nations Human Rights Council mum on rocket fire, terror attacks, after repeatedly criticizing Israel over past week
By Luke Tress
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