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Anne Bayefsky is the Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of Human Rights Voices. Follow her @AnneBayefsky. For more human rights and United Nations coverage see HumanRightsVoices.org.

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Wipes Israel Off the Map

Israel - a UN member state - was erased from the map and replaced with "Palestine" at a seminar held at UN Headquarters on October 3, 2017. The event was "organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights," and entitled: "Introducing the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions and its Role in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Arab Region." The UN used its extraordinary facilities to webcast the event - and the map - around the world.
- Wednesday, October 4, 2017



Calling On President Obama to Insist On Russia's Immediate Suspension as a Member of the UN Human Rights Council

This petition by Anne Bayefsky can be found at Change.org. President Obama promised Ukrainians, Americans, and freedom-loving people everywhere, that Russia will face isolation for its violations of fundamental rights in Ukraine. True international isolation requires the immediate removal of Russia from the United Nation’s top human rights body, the UN Human Rights Council.
- Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Whole World is Watching You, Mr. President...and so are they

imageOn September 24, 2009, President Barack Obama becomes the first American President to preside over a session of the United Nations Security Council. Obama chose the agenda -- and took Iran's pursuit of a nuclear bomb off the table.
- Monday, September 21, 2009

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