At UN "Human Rights" Council, Concern for Human Rights of Palestinian Terrorists - Not Their Victims

On the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council, alleged "human rights" organizations voice support for terrorists, not their victims - when their victims are Israeli. These sessions are no accident. They are held on UN premises, and the UN advertises the events.

UN-accredited NGOs may hold "informal meetings" during the Human Rights Council sessions. UN rooms are allotted by UN staff to UN-accredited NGOs upon request. Requests are approved if facilities are available and if they meet the UN's requirement that - in the words of the request form - "Accredited NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may organize information meetings of relevance to the work of the Human Rights Council." The form also stipulates that: "Materials containing abusive or offensive language or images are not permitted on United Nations premises."

These meetings are perceived as fora to influence diplomats and UN staff. As the UN form explains: "NGO parallel events are public meetings and may be attended by NGOs, Permanent Mission Representatives, UN Staff and other persons with access to Palais des Nations."

The meetings are advertised by the UN itself during Council sessions by being posted daily on the UN website under the title "Bulletin of informal meetings."

On March 17, the UN-accredited NGO The Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Rights held an informal meeting entitled "Israel's forcible transfer of Palestinians inside the occupied Palestinian territory", in which a featured speaker twisted the concept of human rights to support the rights of Palestinians terrorists rather than the Israeli they murdered. In the words of Munir Nuseibah from the Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic:

"So in 2015 we have had the case of four Palestinians,... and there's a criminal procedure against them with the accusation of throwing a stone at a vehicle, which allegedly resulted in death, a case of death of somebody dying out of this throwing stones. In the decision... the Minister of Interior mentioned that it was revoking the residencies of those individuals, because there was a blatant breach of allegiance to the state of Israel. So now Palestinians who threw stones at the vehicle, will lose their residency because of the blatant breach of allegiance. And this is what is scaring us as a human rights organization. And this is why we are here today to speak to you about it."