Gerry Weinstein President
Frank Dimant Chief Executive Officer
Aaron Remer National Chair
Ruth Klein National Director of Advocacy
“THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR: ONE STEP FORWARD OR TWO STEPS BACK?”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE 'NEW' HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL III. THE FIRST SESSION: NEW FORUM, OLD STORY i) Manipulation of the Council’s agenda ii) Bias in the Special Rapporteur mandates iii) Manipulation of the Special Session mechanism IV. THE SECOND SESSION: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION i) Diluting procedural checks and balances ii) Attempts to limit Special Rapporteur oversight to Israel alone iii) Manipulating Rapporteurs iv) Repeated abuse of the Special Session mechanism v) Attempts to force universal consensus vi) OIC sabotages procedural reforms vii) Council action on Darfur thwarted V. THIRD SESSION: EXONERATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS i) Silence in the face of hatred ii) Whitewashing Hezbollah iii) Absolving Khartoum VI. CONCLUSION VII. RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDIX UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE 'NEW' HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
III. THE FIRST SESSION: NEW FORUM, OLD STORY
i) Manipulation of the Council’s agenda ii) Bias in the Special Rapporteur mandates iii) Manipulation of the Special Session mechanism
IV. THE SECOND SESSION: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION
i) Diluting procedural checks and balances ii) Attempts to limit Special Rapporteur oversight to Israel alone iii) Manipulating Rapporteurs iv) Repeated abuse of the Special Session mechanism v) Attempts to force universal consensus vi) OIC sabotages procedural reforms vii) Council action on Darfur thwarted
V. THIRD SESSION: EXONERATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS
i) Silence in the face of hatred ii) Whitewashing Hezbollah iii) Absolving Khartoum
VI. CONCLUSION
VII. RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL
