{"id":3901,"date":"2024-01-20T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/?page_id=3901"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:01:53","slug":"the-anti-israeli-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/israel-the-un-and-switzerland\/the-anti-israeli-un-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"The anti-Israeli UN Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article__intro wp-block-paragraph\">In no other UN body is there such a gulf between aspiration and reality as in the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. While unjust states such as North Korea, Iran, Venezuela or even Mianmar are hardly ever discussed or criticized there, this is constantly the case with Israel &#8211; right from the start.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just one year after the UN Human Rights Council was founded, a fixed agenda was introduced, whereby the &#8220;human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories&#8221; must be discussed every time under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parlament.ch\/de\/ratsbetrieb\/suche-curia-vista\/geschaeft?AffairId=20173819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agenda item 7<\/a>. There is no comparable agenda item for any other area of conflict. Accordingly, Israel is frequently condemned.  <br \/><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hillel Neuer &#8211; the critic of the Council of Injustice<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The harshest critic of the UN Human Rights Council is Hillel Neuer. With his organization <a href=\"https:\/\/unwatch.org\/\">UN Watch<\/a>, he keeps a close eye on the UN Human Rights Council and criticizes it with countless examples of its constantly one-sided anti-Israeli stance. <a href=\"https:\/\/unwatch.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can find the most important appearances and statements here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hillel Neuer testifies before the US Congress on anti-Semitism at the UN. \u00a9 UN Watch, November 8, 2023 <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hillel Neuer Testifies Before U.S. Congress on U.N. 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