Palestinian Elections and the World’s Silence
According to announcements, the Palestinians will put off the legislative elections originally planned to take place on May 22, followed by presidential elections on July 31. These would have been...
Tag: Eduardo Kohn
February 23, 2021
Are Human Rights Really Protected?
On Dec. 2, 2020, the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro and OAS Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect Jared Genser released a report that reaffirms that...
December 24, 2020
The U.N. Obsession With Israel
In this last month of the year, the United Nations General Assembly established that “Israel must renounce to have nuclear weapons” in a vote of 153 for, 6 against and...
October 29, 2020
OAS GA: Present and Future Dangers
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS GA) has been postponed from June of this year to October 2022. B’nai...
June 26, 2020
Latin American Countries in the UNHRC
In the last days of June, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decided to discuss and vote on “issues linked to human rights violations”. However, the council did not...
May 4, 2020
Coronavirus Does Not Stop Violation of Human Rights
The United Nations is warning countries to undertake all possible efforts to protect civilian populations, cautioning that the spread of coronavirus must not be wielded as a weapon to abuse power....
Op Ed
January 13, 2020
Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn in Semanario Hebreo Jai – ¿Alguien no sabe dónde están los asesinos?
B’nai B’rith International’s Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn published this Spanish-language op-ed in Semanario Hebreo Jai about how justice has still not been...
November 4, 2019
Human Rights Council: Dictatorships Feel Comfortable
More than 100 countries are celebrating that the U.N. General Assembly voted for dictatorships to become members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in the next two years. Democracies have...
June 28, 2019
OAS General Assembly: Human Rights are the Essence of Democracy
The main issues in the 49th Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, which just took place in Medellín, Colombia, have been the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the...