Israel’s Human Rights Record Scrutiny
Source : Indian Express
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Why in News ?

Organization of Islamic Cooperation are calling on the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up a permanent commission to report on human rights violations in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Key Facts

• The calling for permanent commission to report on human rights violations in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank in the wake of recent Israel-Palestinians conflict.
• Pakistan, as the OIC’s coordinator sought to address the grave human rights situation in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

  

  • It was a special session of the Geneva-based council.
• This move will pave the way for creating a permanent commission to look up the human rights violation in the region.
• The committee will enquire
  • Underlying root causes of recurrent tensions
  • Frequent instability and protraction of conflict
• This is called as Commission of Inquiry a highest level of scrutiny that the council can authorise.
  • Israel earlier was against such committee on the view that it was against Isarel and urge member states to oppose.
  • United States quit the council in mid-2018 partially over his administration’s allegations that the council has an anti-Israel bias.

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U.N. Human Rights Council

• An inter-governmental body within the United Nations system. It is responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world.
• The headquarters of UNHRC is in Geneva, Switzerland.
• The UN General Assembly elects the members who occupy the UNHRC’s 47 seats for 3 years period.
• No member may occupy a seat for more than 2 consecutive terms.

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