The UN, HRW, and the other organizations that are responsible for the dysfunctional state of affairs at the Human Rights Council have no one to blame but themselves. If the collapse of UPR is what it takes to force real change at the HRC and to end the stranglehold of abusive regimes at that institution, it will be worth it.
The submission demands, at a minimum, strict adherence to the principles of impartiality and objectivity, transparency in all interactions with NGOs, and professional guidelines for assessing the credibility, and factual and legal claims of NGOs.
Commissioner Pillay is either confused or is regurgitating false information from self-interested political NGOs, or both. Pillay, who heads one of the least transparent and closed international institutions, should embrace transparency and public accountability.
Naftali Balanson explains that if Israeli NGOs support the latest UN "fact finding" mission on Israel, as they did the Goldstone Report, they "will further alienate themselves from Israeli society and will cement their negative reputations."
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution calling for independent international fact-finding mission...to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements. NGOs, including Al Haq, lobbied for this investigation, reflecting their role in political warfare.
Prof. Gerald Steinberg highlights the lack of action by NGOs and the international community as rockets continue to rain from Gaza into Israel.
The agreement to release kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is an important humanitarian act, but organizations dedicated to human rights have an obligation to condemn such immoral extortion by Hamas.
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