Nikki Haley Wants these Two Reforms at the UN Human Rights Council…(Or Else?) Mark Leon Goldberg June 6, 2017 US Ambassador the UN Nikki Haley gave a major speech in Geneva outlining the Trump administration's future participation in the Human Rights Council. After months of internal debate, she announced that the United States will remain a member of the Council...Fo...
Syria is a Good Reason Why the United States Should Stick With the Human Rights Council Bathsheba Crocker April 11, 2017 The Trump Administration has produced various rationales for its decision last week to launch cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase after the Syrian government used chemical weapons to attack and kill Syrian civilians. In his remarks just after the U.S. strike, ...
Will the Trump Administration Stick With The UN Human Rights Council? Mark Leon Goldberg March 21, 2017 The Trump administration has a decision to make on the Human Rights Council: will it stay or will it go? The Human Rights Council is a 47 member body that meets several times a year to discuss human rights issues around the world; evaluate countries' commit...
Russia Blocked from Human Rights Council Mark Leon Goldberg October 28, 2016 UPDATE: Evidence that competitive elections work: In a stunning rebuke, Russia lost to Hungary and Croatia. It will not be joining the Council next year. Meanwhile, Brazil and Cuba beat Guatemala for the two Latin America seats. UPDATE 2: It's probably wort...
UN Panel Says Attacks on Yazidis is a Genocide. Now What? Mark Leon Goldberg June 16, 2016 A UN human rights panel released evidence today that ISIS is committing genocide against the Yazidi group, a religious minority that for centuries has lived along the border of Iraq and Syria. The area is known as Sinjar, and in August 2014 it was overrun by ...
Can the USA Protect Israel on the Sidelines of the Human Rights Council? Mythili Sampathkumar February 3, 2016 For the first time in six years, the USA will not have a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. That's not by choice: the USA was term-limited from seeking another consecutive term with a vote on the council. Now, it will have to pursue its priorities, inclu...
3 Takeaways from the UN’s Gaza Report Mark Leon Goldberg June 22, 2015 A UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry dispatched to investigate alleged human rights violations stemming from last year's conflict in Gaza and Israel released a long awaited report today. For those who follow this issue in particular or international...
4 Outrages from the UN Human Rights Council Report on Eritrea Mark Leon Goldberg June 8, 2015 The UN Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry of human rights abuses in Eritrea just published what might be the most exhaustive documentation of human rights abuses in one of the word's most oppressive states. The report shows that Eritrea has basically...
Will Syrian War Criminals Ever Face Justice? Mark Leon Goldberg March 17, 2015 There is word today that UN human rights investigators probing crimes in Syria will release the names of war crimes suspects--including potentially Bashar al Assad--to prosecutors in countries that wish to pursue national investigations into crimes against hum...
