Hebrew U. Dean Named to U.N. Human Rights Body
Yuval Shany, an Israeli professor, was named to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Shany, an international law expert who is the dean of the law faculty at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was approved with the support of 112 countries and will serve a four-year term.
He is the second Israeli to serve on the committee. Dan Kretzmer, also a professor, served from 1995 to 2002.
The Human Rights Committee is a body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 162 member states.
It is separate from the more high-profile U.N. Human Rights Council, a political body made up of 47 states that is responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the globe. Members of the council, which has been accused of unfairly singling out Israel for attention, are elected by the U.N. General Assembly.
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