The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its twelfth Special Session today after adopting a resolution that focused on the continuing violations of human rights by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian territories, in particular in East Jerusalem, and endorsed the... (Continue reading)
The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict reported war crimes and crimes against humanity after investigating the 23 days of air and ground attacks by Israel Military Forces on Gaza, 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009. ... (Continue reading)
This is the first of a series of posts addressing Peace in the Middle East and the role of the United Nations in establishing and maintaining a lasting Peace in that region. The basic premise of this series of posts... (Continue reading)
In light of the recent debate on torture in Guantanamo Bay and before that in the infamous Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq as well as the ongoing practices in Israeli jails; there seem to be deliberate silence from some UN... (Continue reading)