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 say a word about...
Tag: Eduardo Kohn
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...
Op Ed
May 13, 2019
Semanario Hebreo Jai – Atentado antisemita en San Diego: de incitadores y asesinos
In this article for Semanario Hebreo Jai, author and B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn connects the publication of an anti-Semitic cartoon by the...
In the News
May 13, 2019
Radio Jai – La memoria necesaria, el presente que ataca
In this article for Radio Jai, author and B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn discusses Yom HaShoah. Referencing other terrorist attacks against...
In the News
May 13, 2019
Israel Internacional – Perdón y memoria no tienen titubeos
In this article for Israel Internacional, author and B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn explains that the Holocaust cannot be forgiven, and that...
In the News
May 13, 2019
Israel Internacional – El silencio ominoso de la ONU frente a los misiles de Hamas
In this article for Israel Internacional, author and B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn condemns the United Nations Security Council for its...