Category: Human Rights Council

Capitol Report (April 7): Texas to Ship Illegals to D.C.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is now confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. The Senate voted Thursday afternoon, and there were a few Republican votes to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to the nation’s highest court. Repealing Title 42 could lead to millions of illegal aliens entering the United States on a yearly basis, according…


US, Rights Groups, Express Concerns Over UN Rights Chief’s Upcoming Xinjiang Visit

The UN human rights chief is making a visit to China in May, including to Xinjiang where 1 million Uyghurs are held in mass detention. The United States and almost 200 rights groups around the world have expressed concern that a Beijing-surveilled trip would undermine the credibility of the investigation and whitewash the regime’s human…


Ukraine Seeks UN Investigation Into Alleged Russia War Crimes; Russia, China Vote Against It

The Chinese regime joined Russia on Feb. 28 in voting against the top U.N. human rights body holding an urgent debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv’s envoy requested on Feb. 24 to hold an urgent debate, alleging that some of Moscow’s military actions “may amount to war crimes.” But Ukraine’s request was accepted by…


House Republicans Demand Answers on Iran and Israel

Expressing grave concern over the Biden administration’s handling of foreign policy matters in Iran and Israel, more than 30 House Republicans signed two stern letters this week, demanding action from President Joe Biden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “The American people expect this administration to live up to its word; number…


US Officially Rejoins UN Human Rights Council 3 Years After Trump Pullout

The United States is returning to the United Nations Human Rights Council more than three years after Trump administration quit the 47-member body that it had branded a “protector of human rights abusers.” The U.N. General Assembly on Oct. 14 elected the United States as one of 18 new members to the Geneva-based council in…


UK Calls for ‘Urgent and Unfettered’ UN Access to Xinjiang

Britain on Monday condemned the Chinese regime’s “deteriorating human rights situation” and urged Beijing to give the United Nations “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang. Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “We stand with the growing number of international partners, U.N. experts, and NGOs concerned about the deteriorating human…