In an extraordinary article in the Washington Post, Richard Goldstone has now admitted that his infamous report was wrong.

In September 2009, it hit the diplomatic world like a tornado: Richard Goldstone, the respected South African jurist, issued a U.N.-sponsored report condemning Israel for "war crimes" of intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza.

A heady combination of reflections on our willingness to do whatever we want with our prisoners regardless of the treaties to which we are signatories & notification that Amnesty International has a letter condeming Bradley Manning's treatment; his lawyer David Coombs has stated  …

World eagerly awaits for S. Sudan to separate from 'Arab Islamic Racist Apartheid' in the north

U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday he was reversing the U.S.'s position and endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

For the last 10 years sexual orientation has been included in a list of discriminatory grounds for executions – gay rights activists say the vote to remove that listing is "dangerous and disturbing."

It is no secret that bullying in schools is nothing new, but stories around it and the results of it are increasing in occurrences and severity. In November 2010, students wore shirts announcing their straight pride, which is fine. This was in answer to gay pride.

You know how you are always reading that Israel is "illegally occupying" territories? The phrase is used all the time, even by the UN. And it is not true - even if you believe that Israel is occupying territory and that it is not "disputed."

Once again, the United Nations has damaged its own purported values and reason to exist when it praised Libya's human rights record last Tuesday while condemning America's.

The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN's top human rights assembly.

GENEVA -- The United States is submitting its human rights record to the scrutiny of other nations - both allies and adversaries - for the first time, as the Obama administration opens itself up to a committee shunned by his predecessor.

Jordan has condemned remarks by a United Nations official saying Palestinian refugees must not be deluded about their right to return and that Arab countries must resettle them.

"Yesterday half a dozen anti-genocide organizations joined together to send a letter to the UN Security Council, urging them to ensure the security and human rights of people in Sudan amid reports of the Sudanese Government targeting IDPs who had spoken to representatives from th …

With Israeli-Palestinian talks aiming for a permanent peace agreement in a year, shouldn't UNRWA -- the United Nations Relief and Works Agency -- start planning to evolve from a refugee support agency to one devoted to resettlement? After all, the final status talks will need t …

Under orders of Nouri al- Maliki and on the eve of his trip to Tehran, yet another good will gesture to Iranian regime, was thrashed onto Camp Ashraf residents this evening. Iraqi forces attacked Ashraf residents by firing bullets, and ‎using sticks and truncheons.

In January 2011, South Africa will be back in the United Nations Security Council. Is it likely to do any better than the last time round?

To be fair, the South African government's prior performance in the council was underrated. After all, it was incredibly energetic. It put African issues squarely on the UN agenda. It played a central role in the push for UN reform. And in most decisions, South Africa was with the diplomatic mainstream.

Yet all it has been remembered for is its defence of "rogue powers'" and its refusal to support resolutions imposing sanctions on Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Many in the human rights community and in the US and European diplomatic communities saw these decisions as a betrayal of the spirit of South Africa's own democratic transition and the international support that had facilitated it. Their criticisms defined the general perception of South Africa's performance.

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The UN has released a report which accuses armies and rebel groups of committing massacres and rapes in the eastern Congo, despite a chorus protest from African governments. Hours before its publication, Rwanda's government slammed it as "flawed and dangerous" and an "insult to history," while Uganda threatened to review the deployment of its troops in peacekeeping missions. The final report reportedly suggests that war crimes and even genocide may have been committed by foreign armies and rebel groups over two wars from 1993 to 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A United Nations panel says Arabs, Kurds and other minorities in Iran face discrimination because of their ethnicity.

"President Barack Obama has personally warned Turkey's prime minister that unless Ankara shifts its position on Israel and Iran it stands little chance of obtaining the US weapons it wants to buy.

The UN has lost all credibility and many real victims now suffer.

The Defamation of Religion resolution is a free pass for Islamists to continue denigrating other religions and minorities through lawful Islamism.

The Obama administration and 14 members of the U.S. Congress are urging the U.N. Economic and Social Council to accredit the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission so it can work at the United Nations.

Two Republican congressmen are urging other countries -- including, potentially, some where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death -- to vote against an American-led effort in the U.N. to recognize a respected international gay rights group.

Sakineh A@!$%#ani has been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran.

Gaza students won't learn about the Holocaust this year.

Israel-bashing enjoys widespread support in Western media, as well as in universities, NGOs, trade unions and international organizations. The UN reserves most of its ire for the most liberal, free and progressive country in the Middle East.

"The world's response to Haiti is fully warranted - anything less would be reprehensible.