Anne Bayefsky
Friday, September 28, 2007
September 28, 2007 UN Human Rights Council Reaches New Low Another two anti-Israel resolutions: Adopted Resolutions criticizing any other state: None |
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Human Rights Council Resolutions and Decisions Critical of the Human Rights Records of Specific States
TOTAL: Israel -- 14 (74%). Sudan -- 4 (21%). Myanmar – 1 (5%) Rest of the world -- 0
Israel: | 10 resolutions, 4 decisions, in addition to holding 3 special sessions | |
Sudan: | 1 resolutions, 3 decisions, in addition to holding 1 special session | |
Myanmar: | 1 decision, to hold a special session (October 2, 2007) |
State | Date Adopted | Title of Resolution Decision | Voting Record | UN Symbol Number |
Israel | September 25, 2007 | Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | Adopted 31 for, 1 against, 15 abstentions Against: Canada Abstaining: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom | (A/HRC)6/L.4 |
Israel | September 25, 2007 | Resolution on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council Resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 | Adopted without a vote | (A/HRC)6/L.2 |
Israel | March 27, 2007 | Resolution on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council Resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 | Adopted without a vote | (A/HRC)Resolution 4/2 |
Israel | December 8, 2006 | Resolution on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon | Adopted without a vote | (A/HRC)Resolution 3/3 |
Israel | December 8, 2006 | Resolution on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council S-1/1 | Adopted 34 for, 1 against, 12 abstentions Against: Canada Abstaining: Cameroon, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | (A/HRC)Resolution 3/1 |
Israel | November 27, 2006 | Resolution on the human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Adopted 32 for, 1 against, 14 abstentions Against: Canada Abstaining: Cameroon, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | (A/HRC)Resolution 2/3 |
Israel | November 27, 2006 | Resolution on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in the Occupied Golan | Adopted 45 for, 1 against, 1 abstention Against: Canada Abstaining: Cameroon | (A/HRC)Resolution 2/4 |
Israel | November 15, 2006 | Resolution on the human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent one in northern Gaza and the assault on Beit Hanoun | Adopted 32 for, 8 against, 6 abstentions Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Abstaining: France, Guatemala, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine | (A/HRC)Resolution S-3/1 |
Israel | November 10, 2006 | Decision to hold a special session on November 15 | Request of 24 states | |
Israel | August 11, 2006 | Resolution on the grave situation of human rights in Lebanon caused by Israeli military operations | Adopted 27 for, 11 against, 8 abstentions Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Abstaining: Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Switzerland | (A/HRC)Resolution S-2/1 |
Israel | August 7, 2006 | Decision to hold a special session on August 11 | Request of 23 states | |
Israel | July 6, 2006 | Resolution on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Adopted 29 for, 11 against, 5 abstentions Abstaining: Cameroon, Mexico, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Switzerland Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | (A/HRC)Resolution S-1/Res.1 |
Israel | June 30, 2006 | Decision to hold a special session on July 5-6 | Request of 21 states | |
Israel | June 30, 2006 | Decision on the Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories | Adopted 29 for, 12 against, 5 abstentions Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Abstaining: Cameroon, Ghana, Guatemala, Nigeria, Republic of Korea | (A/HRC)Decision 2006/106 |
Sudan | March 30, 2007 | Resolution on Follow-up to Decision S-4/101 | Adopted without a vote | (A/HRC)Resolution 4/8 |
Sudan | December 13, 2006 | Decision on the Situation of human rights in Darfur | Adopted without a vote | (A/HRC)Decision S-4/101 |
Sudan | November 30, 2006 | Decision to hold a special session | Request of 33 states | |
Sudan | November 28, 2006 | Decision on Darfur | Adopted 25 for, 11 against, 10 abstentions Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Abstaining: Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Japan, Mauritius, Peru, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Zambia | (A/HRC)Decision 2/115 |
Myanmar | September 28, 2007 | Decision to hold a special session | Request of 17 states |