#Human Rights Council

UK fails to support resolutions upholding Palestinian rights at Human Rights Council

At the UN Human Rights Council, the UK abstained on resolutions on Palestinian human rights and accountability for violations of international, and voted against resolutions on Israeli settlements and on the right of Palestinians to self-determination.

A dereliction of responsibility: UK charities alarmed by UK decision not to support UN Commission of Inquiry at the Human Rights Council

UK charities statement on UK vote on Commission of Inquiry Gaza Protests - 22 March 2019

Emergency Action: UK must demand accountability for attacks on Gaza health workers at UN Human Rights Council

Supporting accountability for attacks on healthcare in other countries but not the occupied Palestinian territory would set a dangerous double standard. The UK Government must send a clear message that there can be no impunity for attacks on healthcare, wherever they occur.

MAP statement to UN Human Rights Council on the right to health

Read MAP's Oral Statement on the right to health in the occupied Palestinian territory, prepared for the UN Human Rights Council.

MAP-supported side events at the UN Human Rights Council (Tuesday 19 March)

MAP is supporting two side events at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday 19 March. If you are attending the Council session, please come and join these two events on the right to health in the context of the 'Great March of Return' protests.

MAP joins UK-based organisations welcoming UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza protests, urging UK action

MAP joins nine UK-based organisations to welcome UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza protests and urge the UK Government to take action

UK must help protect health workers in Gaza at UN Human Rights Council

This week, MAP issued a written statement on attacks on health workers in Gaza ahead of the 40th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Human Rights Council opens ahead of key Gaza accountability vote

The UN Human Rights Council begins again this week ahead of a key accountability vote for suspected violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in the context of the “Great March of Return” protests in Gaza.

UK abstains on creation of UN Commission of Inquiry into violations of international law in Gaza

During a special session today, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a resolution mandating the creation of an independent, international Commission of Inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian and international human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territory, with a particular focus on recent events in Gaza.

UN Human Rights Council begins ahead of key Palestine votes

Read about the upcoming focus on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory at the UN Human Rights Council's 37th session, which began this week.