Human Rights Actions

UN "Human Rights" Bodies, 2015

The 2015 General Assembly Resolutions
Critical* of the Human Rights Records of Specific States

State Number of GA Resolutions Percentage of all Country-Specific Resolutions
Israel 20 74%
Afghanistan 1 3.7%
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 3.7%
Georgia 1 3.7%
Iran 1 3.7%
Myanmar/Burma 1 3.7%
Syria 1 3.7%
United States 1 3.7%
Total 27 99.9%

* The word "criticism" is taken to mean any suggestion, however weak, that a specific country is responsible for human rights violations.   It does not imply an equally negative condemnation of the states listed.

  State Date Adopted Symbol No. Originating  Committee Title of Resolution Vote Tally
1 Israel December 22, 2015 A/RES/70/225 2nd Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources
164–5-10
164 in favor, 5 against  (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, United States), 10 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu)
2 Israel December 22, 2015 A/RES/70/194 2nd Oil slick on Lebanese shores
171-6-3
171 in favor, 6 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, United States), 3 abstentions (Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Tonga)
3 Israel December 17, 2015 A/RES/70/141 3rd The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
177-7-4
177 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, South Sudan, Tonga)
4 Israel December 10, 2015 A/RES/70/108 Plenary Assistance to the Palestinian people
Adopted without a vote
5 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/91 4th The occupied Syrian Golan
160-1-16
160 in favor,1 against (Israel), 16 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga, United States, Vanuatu)
6 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/90 4th Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
158-8-10
158 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 10 abstentions (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)
7 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/89 4th Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
161-7-8
161 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)
8 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/88 4th Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories
163-6-8
163 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)
9 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/87 4th Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories
92-9-75
92 in favor,  9 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama, United States), 75 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu)
10 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/86 4th Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues
167-7-4
167 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 4 abstentions (Cameroon,  Cote d'Ivoire,  Paraguay,  Vanuatu)
11 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/85 4th Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
169-6-5
169 in favor,6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States), 5 abstentions ( Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, Vanuatu)
12 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/84 4th Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities
164-7-7
164 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions ( Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Paraguay)
13 Israel December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/83 4th Assistance to Palestine Refugees
167-1-11
167 in favor, 1 against (Israel), 11 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada,  Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, United States,  Vanuatu)
14 Israel December 7, 2015 A/RES/70/70 1st The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
157-5-20
157 in favor, 5 against (Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Panama, United States), 20 abstentions (Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, India, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Rwanda, Swaziland, United Kingdom)
15 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/17 Plenary Syrian Golan
105-6-56
105 in favor, 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Palau, United States), 56 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom)
16 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/16 Plenary Jerusalem
153-7-8
153 in favor, 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan,  Toga, Tonga)
17 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/15 Plenary Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine
155-7-7
155 in favor, 7 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, Nauru, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga)
18 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/14 Plenary Special Information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat
155-7-7
155 in favor, 7 against (Canada,  Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 7 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Tonga)
19 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/13 Plenary Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
99-8-59
99 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 59 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom)
20 Israel November 24, 2015 A/RES/70/12 Plenary Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
102-8-57
102 in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,  Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), 57 abstentions (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom)
1 Afghanistan December 9, 2015 A/RES/70/77 Plenary The Situation in Afghanistan  
Adopted without a vote
2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea December 17, 2015 A/RES/70/172 3rd Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
119-19-48
119 in favor, 19 against (Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Oman, Russia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), 48 abstentions (Angola, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia)
3 Georgia June 3, 2015 A/RES/69/286 Plenary Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia
75-16-78
75 in favor,16 against (Armenia, Belarus, Burundi, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nauru, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe), 78 abstentions (Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),  Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanatua)
4 Iran December 17, 2015 A/RES/70/173 3rd Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
81-37-67
81 in favor,37 against (Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa,  Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), 67 abstentions (Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya,  Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia)
5 Myanmar (Burma) December 23, 2015 A/RES/70/233 3rd Situation of human rights in Myanmar
Adopted without a vote
6 Syria December 23, 2015 A/RES/70/234 3rd Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
104-13-37
104 in favor, 13 against (Algeria, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela), 37 abstentions (Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Central African Republic, Congo, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Greece, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,  Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
7 United States October 27, 2015 A/RES/70/5 Plenary Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba
191-2-0
191 in favor, 2 against (Israel and United States), 0 abstentions