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# Human Rights Council

This month
April 2024
Bodies of six aid workers killed by Israel taken out of Gaza
The attack has prompted global condemnation, with US President Joe Biden saying that Israel has “not done enough to protect civilians”.
The remains of the six international staff, who were killed alongside one Palestinian colleague, are set to be taken out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.
The chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces said that the strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy was "a grave mistake".
Last year
2023
Russia loses bid to regain seat on UN’s top human rights body
UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine
All time
‘Credible evidence’ of Taliban reprisal killings, says UN human rights chief
Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights
Mary Lawlor
Ireland to make first member address at UN Human Rights Council
UN accuses Syria of perpetrating war crimes
Syria's rep to UN human rights council joins opposition
LIVE: Irish UN ambassador explains rejection of human rights suggestions
Ireland's human rights record under spotlight at the UN
UN suspends Libya from Human Rights Council