Israel’s Relentless War against the Children of Palestine
By Ilan Pappe “Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give.” Preamble, UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) More than half of the population living in the West Bank […]
Michelle Bachelet
‘Culture of Impunity Must End’: UN Demands Investigation into Israeli Attack on Funeral Procession
By Palestine Chronicle Staff United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet condemned the Israeli police attack on Palestinian mourners in a statement issued on Saturday. Palestinians were attacked as they were attempting to carry the coffin […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Situation in Palestinian Territories is ‘Disastrous’
The human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is “disastrous”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting organized by the United Nations Committee on the Inalienable […]
WATCH: Israel’s UN Envoy Tears up Human Rights Council Report
Israeli Envoy to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on Friday tore to pieces the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s annual report while on the podium of the UN General Assembly, claiming it was biassed […]
UN Rights Commissioner: Israel’s Designation is Unjustified Attack on Palestinian Civil Society
Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian civil society organizations as ‘terrorist organizations’ is an attack on human rights defenders, on freedoms of association, opinion, and expression, and on the right to public participation, and should […]
UN Rights Chief: Israel’s Attacks on Gaza May Constitute ‘War Crimes’
Israel’s recent barrage of deadly airstrikes on Gaza might be war crimes, the UN rights chief said Thursday, adding she had seen no evidence the attacked buildings were used for military purposes. Addressing a special […]
