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AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute Partners with UN on New Policy for Combating Holocaust and Genocide Denial

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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the publication by the UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, of a new policy paper on combating Holocaust and genocide denial.

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  • NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the publication by the UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, of a new policy paper on combating Holocaust and genocide denial.
  • The paper was produced in collaboration with AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI).
  • "Holocaust denial is rooted in antisemitism," emphasizes Nderitu in the policy paper's foreword, adding that her office is also "extremely worried about the increasingly frequent distortions of the Holocaust's scope and intentionality."
  • engage with government officials, encouraging them to condemn Holocaust distortion and denial.

AJC Welcomes UN Expert Dr. Ahmed Shaheed's Action Plan on Combating Antisemitism

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Friday, May 27, 2022
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

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  • NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
  • "The special rapporteur's action plan is an essential roadmap for governments, companies, and other UN experts to follow to ensure that their efforts to combat antisemitism are comprehensive and effective."
  • Dr. Shaheed's Action Plan, following on his 2019 report, sets out eight areas in which renewed attention and action to combat antisemitism is essential.
  • He calls on every government, including in countries where no Jewish communities reside, to adopt a national action plan to combat antisemitism.

AJC Applauds UN Suspension of Russia's Membership on Human Rights Council

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Thursday, April 7, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauded the UN General Assembly decision to suspend Russia's membership on the UN Human Rights Council.

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  • NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauded the UN General Assembly decision to suspend Russia's membership on the UN Human Rights Council.
  • Russia subsequently announced that it would withdraw from membership on the Council entirely, leaving during the second year of a three-year term.
  • The Human Rights Council is a subsidiary body of the General Assembly, which can suspend Council members that are committing "gross and systematic violations of human rights" by a vote of two-thirds of those present and voting yes or no.
  • On March 4, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution creating an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the context of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

New JBI Study Identifies Surging Global Antisemitism as an Urgent Human Rights Crisis

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Thursday, September 2, 2021
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A new report by AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) finds that antisemitic violence has increased in the two years since a landmark UN report on global antisemitism warned governments of its dangers.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A new report by AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) finds that antisemitic violence has increased in the two years since a landmark UN report on global antisemitism warned governments of its dangers.
  • The report, A Call to Action Against Antisemitism: Confronting Rising Global Antisemitism in the Context of COVID, Conspiracies, and Conflict , is the third in a series produced by JBI since the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, published a historic report to the UN General Assembly on global antisemitism as a human rights concern in September 2019.
  • The new JBI report confirms that the frequency of antisemitic incidents increased or remained disturbingly high in 2020, with record-high numbers reported in several countries despite restrictions on gatherings and movement to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, founded in 1971, is currently marking its 50th anniversary.