[Opinion] How the UN Report Shot Itself and Human Rights in the Foot
Gerald Steinberg claims that the latest UNHRC report overwhelmingly relies on unreliable sources of information, including politicized NGOs and individuals who support terrorism.
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Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | Dec 2016 |
Gerald Steinberg claims that the latest UNHRC report overwhelmingly relies on unreliable sources of information, including politicized NGOs and individuals who support terrorism.
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes biased and unreliable political advocacy NGOs, many of which receive funding from the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, a joint funding mechanism of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
THE UNHRCs latest report includes a list of four experts, among whom is Dr. Mads Gilbert, a full-time propagandist from Norway who exploits medicine to promote hate.
Gerlad Steinberg claims that the COI report on the 2014 Gaza War is written with the harsh ideological accusations of William Schabas, interspersed with the more reasonable caution of Mary McGowan Davis, as well as heavy reliance on biased and politicized NGOs with faades of expertise.
The report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza War extensively quotes EU-funded political advocacy NGOs that lack credibility and do not employ professional fact-finding standards.
Commissions lack of military expertise and limited fact-finding also evident
Israeli, Palestinian and international NGOs exploit the water issue and disseminate false and distorted information in an effort to demonize Israel.
The vast majority of the speakers listed on the program are virulent anti-Israel ideologues who demonize Israel.
Gerald Steinberg claims that the appropriate decision would be to disband the commission and expose the farcical activities of the UNHRC.