The resolution, passed by 24 votes in favour and nine votes against, marks an exceptional level of examination into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This would be the first time that a Commission of Inquiry is not time-bound.
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(February 12, 2021 / JNS) Geneva-based independent human-rights group UN Watch has published a detailed report in advance of the 46th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which is scheduled to open this month on Feb. 22 in Geneva and run until March 23. The study debunks more than 20 different major accusations leveled by numerous different countries accusing Israel of violating Palestinians’ religious freedom, damaging their health and practicing racism.
In its first-ever report that thoroughly fact-checked and responded to the UNHRC’s anti-Israel claims, UN Watch released its 58-page “Agenda Item 7: Country Claims & UN Watch Responses” examining 23 accusations made by various countries under Agenda Item 7 against Israel in the period covering the six UNHRC sessions held in 2019 and 2020.