Israeli to chair UN Human Rights Committee
Yuval Shany, the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been selected to lead the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee.
Yuval Shany
The Human Rights Committee (and not the Human Rights Council from which the United States withdrew on June 20, 2018) is a body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties.
This marks the first time in history that an Israeli will lead the Committee.
“Currently, the UN’s Human Rights Committee faces several challenges, chiefly that we live in an international climate that no longer supports human rights. As head of the committee, I hope to harness its positive and apolitical influence to secure human rights for all citizens of the world,” shared Shany.
We are constantly told that the UN is against Israel. This appointment quashes that myth.
Congratulations to Professor Shany, who seems a great guy. If you read his take on the current Gaza conflict, you will be led tounderstand why has been chosen to head the UNHRC.
Let’s hope he’s the man who can put it
All back together again ..
GO ISRAEL !!!