Israel only nation UN condemns as violators of women's rights?

[Rhea]

Got a ping on this from a friend. Did some googling and found ONLY the jewish sites and reddit talking about it. Anyone know what gives?

My first thought was that all those other nations have ALREADY been condemned by the UN. But it's hard to find any actual _analysis_ of the issue, only outrage porn.

FOX reports:

The 2015 CSW resolution on Israel will repeat, as it does every year, that “the Israeli occupation remains the major obstacle for Palestinian women with regard to their advancement, self-reliance and integration in the development of their society…”

Not Palestinian men. Not religious edicts and traditions. Not a culture of violence. Not an educational system steeped in rejection of peaceful coexistence and of tolerance.

Instead, the fault for a UN statistic like this one – an average of 17% of Palestinian women are in the labor force as compared to 70% of Palestinian men – lies with the Jewish scapegoat.

My friend was outraged and listed all the ways she, as a woman in Israel is NOT missing any rights. And I believe her completely. Though a reading of the resolution shows that they are not talking about Israeli women like her, but Palestinian women being hindered by Israel.

The FOX article makes a point that the condemnation of Israel as the major obstacle kind of defies current understanding by putting them as worse than Palestinian men. But I'm not well versed in that particular Arab country's practices to know. For example, Turkey is Arab, but very liberal for women.

Of course, predictably, FOX gets it wrong,

And the women’s rights scene is not the only liberal sham at the UN.

First they say it's fundamentalist Arabs who are skewing the vote and then they say, "see? LIBERALS!"
Eagle for the course.

 

[Rhea]

Interestingly, FOX calls out 5 member nations on the Council as egregiously inappropriate to be voting on this issue.

So who is calling the shots at the Council? A closer look at its members reveals human rights luminaries like Qatar – that bankrolls the terrorist organization Hamas – along with China, Pakistan, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

While not mentioning the other 42 members. So how do these "call the shots?"

The people leading this group are from

Officers of the Human Rights Council's Ninth Cycle (2015)

H.E. Mr. Joachim RÜCKER (Germany), President
H.E. Ms. Filloreta KODRA (Albania), Vice President
H.E. Mr. Juan Esteban AGUIRRE MARTÍNEZ (Paraguay), Vice President
H.E. Mr. Mukhtar TILEUBERDI (Kazakhstan), Vice President
H.E. Mr. Mothusi Bruce Rabasha PALAI (Botswana), Vice President and Rapporteur

Oh, look NONE of the ones reported by FOX as "calling the shots" are in leadership positions.

Here's how the council is determined:

Membership of the Human Rights Council
The Council is made of 47 Member States, which are elected by the majority of members of the General Assembly of the United Nations through direct and secret ballot. The General Assembly takes into account the candidate States’ contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as their voluntary pledges and commitments in this regard.

The Council’s Membership is based on equitable geographical distribution. Seats are distributed as follows:

African States: 13 seats
Asia-Pacific States: 13 seats
Latin American and Caribbean States: 8 seats
Western European and other States: 7 seats
Eastern European States: 6 seats
Members of the Council serve for a period of three years and are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms.

The Bureau of the Council consists of five people - one President and four Vice-presidents – representing the five regional groups. They serve for a year, in accordance with the Council’s annual cycle.

...I'm still looking to see if this is the only time the council has ever condemned any one state for standing in teh way of women's rights... Let me know if any of you have any insight.

 

[dystopian]

This is the usual empty outrage. They're claiming it's one-sided because no other country is mentioned in the adopted resolution; of course, what they fail to mention themselves is that the resolution is based on a report that specifically and solely deals with Palestinian women; so there's absolutely no reason to expect other countries to be mentioned. They also fail to mention that during the same session, a number of other resolutions in regards to women's rights were adopted, none of which had anything to do with Israel or Palestine. But oh no, the UN is singling out Israel!

A couple of days ago they were similarly crying about a report suggesting that the EU should institute sanctions against Israel over the continuing settlements.

This sort of rhetoric is probably directly related to the recent re-election of Netanyahu and his promise to continue the illegal settlement program. Of course the international community is going to respond to that... and the Israeli propaganda machine has to respond by insisting they've chosen the right path and the problem isn't their own policies, no, it's the people who are criticizing them!

 

[dystopian]

...I'm still looking to see if this is the only time the council has ever condemned any one state for standing in teh way of women's rights... Let me know if any of you have any insight.

I don't know specifically about this council, but it's simply not true to claim that the UN has never condemned anyone beside Israel over women's rights.

For instance, they've condemned Canada. CANADA. For failing to protect aboriginal women's rights: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...men-releases-report-on-inquiry-295430251.html

 

[Rhea]

Found the report, for use in further discussion

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2015/5

 

[fromderinside]

Found the report, for use in further discussion

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2015/5

Just to be fair. WHO is a UN agency. They have called out many nations for such as female genital mutilation ..... Female genital mutilation http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ ..... UNICEF is a UN children's organization that has called out many nations for Sexual Violence against and Exploitation of Children http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58006.html and it goes on and on and on.

Sure a lot of concentration on this political arm of the UN though.

Just trying to be fair and balanced here....../smirk

So go ahead an be political. Just take into account that the US actually is doing something about girl and women's rights .....

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Found the report, for use in further discussion

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2015/5

And that's just talking about the bad conditions in Gaza. It's not Israel singling out women, so it's unreasonable to call it violating women's rights. This is just some of the eternal anti-Israel garbage the UN keeps spewing out.

 

[arkirk]

Found the report, for use in further discussion

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2015/5

And that's just talking about the bad conditions in Gaza. It's not Israel singling out women, so it's unreasonable to call it violating women's rights. This is just some of the eternal anti-Israel garbage the UN keeps spewing out.

Of course, Loren, it's the U.N. that keeps spewing these ideas like peace and women's right and human rights in general that is always wrong. No problem with the racist Israeli regime.

You amaze me sometimes with your nitpicking myopia.

Your assertion here is that this has nothing to do with women's rights because they do things to men too. Pardon me for being so obtuse, but I always thought women were humans too!

 

[untermensche]

Why is this surprising to anyone?

The Israeli brutal occupation and oppression is likely to have these effects.

Seeing the likely effects of longstanding Israeli policy is not newsworthy.

Israel actually allowing the Palestinians to live in peace, with sovereignty, would be a news story.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And that's just talking about the bad conditions in Gaza. It's not Israel singling out women, so it's unreasonable to call it violating women's rights. This is just some of the eternal anti-Israel garbage the UN keeps spewing out.

Of course, Loren, it's the U.N. that keeps spewing these ideas like peace and women's right and human rights in general that is always wrong. No problem with the racist Israeli regime.

You amaze me sometimes with your nitpicking myopia.

Your assertion here is that this has nothing to do with women's rights because they do things to men too. Pardon me for being so obtuse, but I always thought women were humans too!

If the complaint is violating women's rights then it should be something selective to women.

You just like it because it's Israel-bashing.

 

[Arctish]

If the complaint is violating women's rights then it should be something selective to women.

The Commission on the Status of Women examines and reports on things women experience, not just things that are exclusively experienced by women. Whether or not a violation of human rights is selective to women doesn't matter. It can be part of a CSW report even if it affects men and children, too.

 

[barbos]

For example, Turkey is Arab, but very liberal for women.

Turkey is NOT Arab country.

 

[Rhea]

For example, Turkey is Arab, but very liberal for women.

Turkey is NOT Arab country.

Thank you for the correction, I appreciate the info. Muslim, not Arab.

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Loren, if you read the report I linked, it explains why - women adn children are affected by war differently (and worse) than men. Hence the extra problems for women from the occupation.

Here is the actual resolution (it was hard to get to!!!)

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/CN.6/2015/L.2

And this does not follow the report very closely and does indeed seem unbalanced enough to be not germane to the council - as the American delegate put it, should be discussed in the general assembly.

Or did I miss something in it? Your thoughts?