A performance evaluation on Louise Arbour. It ain’t pretty. Excerpted from UN Watch: A new study on Louise Arbour’s performance as UN rights chief gives her mixed reviews on confronting violators, and urges her replacement, Navanethem Pillay, to adopt a stronger approach toward UN heavyweights such as China, Russia and Egypt. The Right to Name and Shame, a 48-page report by UN Watch...
Louise Arbour to quit UN job?
Good news, for once. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, who endorsed the Arab Charter on Human Rights which contains anti-Semitic provisions, and who blamed Israel instead of Hezbollah for the Lebanon war is expected to announce in the coming weeks that she will not seek a second four-year term as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Arbour’s pending...
UN Watch Welcomes Clarification by UN Rights Chief on Arab Charter
Lousie Arbour responds to global complaints about her lack of moral clarity. Via UN Watch: UN Watch welcomed the new clarification issued today by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, in response to its Jan. 28, 2008 letter protesting her endorsement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights, which contains anti-Semitic provisions. “Last week the High Commissioner endorsed the Arab...
Who is Louise Arbour?
Louise Arbour is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to Wikipedia, in July, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Louise Arbour stated that “those in positions of command and control” could be subject to “personal criminal responsibility” for their actions in the conflict. According to the Weekly Standard, and I am in agreement with their...
Haveil Havalim #95 – Thanksgiving Edition
“Hinei ma tov uma na’im shevet achim gam yachad.” “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is to be united like brothers and sisters in one family and one community.” — Psalm 133:1 Folks, I am pleased to host this edition of Haveil Havalim, the weekly round up of posts from all over the JBlogosphere. There were lots of great submissions to choose from this week...
U.N. official condemned for comparing Israelis to nazis
This story makes an interesting read. Congratulations to U.N. Watch for ‘making it happen’ and for bringing a small match-glint of light into that black cavern of ‘in-human’ rights called the United Nations. Here’s what happened: Jean Ziegler is at it again. No surprise there. The notorious Israel-basher cum U.N. official as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food two weeks ago used Nazi...
NGOs Target Israel at UN Human Rights Meeting. Again.
Folks, NGO Monitor (NGO: non-governmental organizations) is one resource that should be part of your daily reading. The aim of NGO Monitor, as outlined in their mission statement, is to end the practice used by certain self-declared ‘humanitarian NGOs’ of exploiting the label ‘universal human rights values’ to promote politically and ideologically motivated anti-Israel...
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