Lawrence Haas
UN’s Human Rights Council set to mock itself – The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to reappoint its special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, to a second three-year term on Friday, mocking its own mandate to fairly and seriously investigate human rights problems around the world.
In doing so, the Council will likely ignore its own procedures, established in 2008, under which the HRC president must alert the council to “any information” to suggest “persistent non-compliance” by a special rapporteur with the position’s code of conduct.
Among other things, the code calls for the UNHRC’s “special procedures mandate holders” (of which Albanese is one) to “uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, meaning, in particular, though not exclusively, probity, impartiality, equity, honesty and good faith.”
During her three years in the post, Albanese has defended the genocidal terrorists of Hamas; blamed Israel for Hamas’ barbaric slaughter and hostage-taking on October 7, 2023; voiced anti-Semitic tropes; accused Israel of committing genocide; compared Israel’s government to that of Nazi Germany; compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler; called for the UN to kick Israel out; and suggested that America’s government is controlled by the Israel lobby.
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