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Bolton Criticizes White House Threat over UN Resolution
April 08, 2015
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton argues that if the Obama Administration follows through on its threat not to defend Israel from a UN Security Council resolution recognizing Palestine as a state, Israel could be subject to sanctions and scrutiny from the International Criminal Court.
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UN Commission Targets Israel over Women's Rights
April 08, 2015
Anne Bayefsky writes that the UN Commission on the Status of Women has targeted Israel, and no other country in the world, for criticism over its treatment of women, specifically with regard to creating an "obstacle" to the advancement of the rights of women in Palestine.
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AI Seeks Criticism of U.S. Detention Program at UNHRC
April 08, 2015
In a recent statement, Amnesty International ("AI") calls on countries to criticize the U.S. at the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") over the findings of a recent report from members of a U.S. Senate committee on detention and interrogation practices used by the Central Intelligence Agency against suspected terrorists.
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UNHRC Establishes Privacy Rights Position
April 01, 2015
The Guardian reports that the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") has, as a consequence of allegations from Edward Snowden regarding mass surveillance by U.S. and other government authorities, established a rapporteur position that will monitor actions by countries on privacy and human rights issues.
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U.S. Congress Calls for Caution on UN Climate Deal
April 01, 2015
Following the Obama Administration's release of its plan for UN climate change negotiations at the end of 2015, the leadership in the U.S. Congress has warned that other countries should be cautious before pursuing any such "binding, unattainable deal" with the Administration that could, in the future, be undone.