GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – 11 March 2026 – In a significant intervention at the 61st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the World Muslim Congress (WMC) submitted a comprehensive written statement to the Office of the High Commissioner. The dossier, entitled “The United States-Israel Axis of Aggression: A Chronicle of Lawlessness, Impunity, and Crimes Against Sovereignty,” calls for urgent attention from the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to address what it describes as systematic violations of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.
The submission, made by an NGO in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), alleges a coordinated pattern of aggression by the United States and Israel that undermines the international rules-based order and the foundational principles of the UN Charter.
Following the formal submission, a high-level colloquium was convened at the Geneva Nations Institute to discuss the dossier’s findings and the broader implications for the international human rights system.
Altaf Hussain Wani, Vice President of the World Muslim Congress, in his remarks the presented the core tenets of the dossier. “The written statement we have submitted is not merely a report; it is a chronicle of lawlessness,” Mr. Wani stated. “It meticulously documents how the United States and Israel have engaged in coordinated campaigns of cross-border repression and unilateral military strikes against sovereign states. From the joint attacks against Iran to the catastrophic toll in Gaza, we are witnessing a fundamental assault on the UN Charter. We have brought this to the Human Rights Council because it is the duty of this body to address the root causes of human rights abuses, which in this case stem from guaranteed impunity and the paralysis of the Security Council.”
The dossier highlights the devastating human toll of recent conflicts, citing that Israeli military operations in Gaza, enabled by billions in U.S. military assistance, have resulted in the deaths of over 67,000 Palestinians. It references the finding of the International Court of Justice that Israel’s acts are “plausibly” genocidal and the declaration by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that Israel is committing genocide. The statement further condemns the United States for providing diplomatic cover, noting its use of the Security Council veto six times since October 2023 to block ceasefire resolutions, and for actively suppressing accountability by omitting these findings from its own State Department reports.
Prof. Dr. h.c. Mehmet Sükrü Güzel, founder of the Geneva-based Center for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS), offered a stark analysis of the systemic failure of international mechanisms. “The submission by the World Muslim Congress is a vital testimony to a betrayed world order,” Prof. Dr. Güzel remarked. “When individuals and organizations bring these condemnations to the Human Rights Council, they do so knowing these bodies have been rendered largely powerless by the obstructionist tactics of a permanent member of the Security Council. The deliberate omission of the famine in Gaza, settler violence, and the killings of American citizens from U.S. human rights reports is not an oversight; it is a systematic effort to whitewash crimes. We cannot speak of protecting human rights while the primary violator is also the gatekeeper of accountability. The Center for Peace and Reconciliation Studies stands in full solidarity with this dossier’s call to end this culture of impunity.”
Mr. Muise Wahabdeen, President of the Geneva Nations Institute, in the discussion, framed the issue within the context of international law. “The attacks against UN member states, as noted by various international missions, constitute a direct violation of the fundamental principles and norms of international law,” Mr. Wahabdeen said. “This dossier correctly identifies the United States and Israel as serial violators. The United States has a decades-long pattern of shielding Israel, using its veto more than fifty times since 1972. Meanwhile, the U.S. itself has committed the supreme international crime through wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and maintains an illegal detention camp at Guantanamo Bay on occupied Cuban territory. This partnership in lawlessness is a direct challenge to the sovereignty of nations and the protection of innocent human life. We must condemn this in the strongest possible terms.”
Adding an internationalist perspective, Michael Pröbsting, International Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT), connected the specific allegations to the broader global struggle against imperialism. “What the World Muslim Congress has documented is the brutal reality of U.S. imperialism and its key regional ally, Israel,” Mr. Pröbsting argued. “This is not a conflict between equal parties; it is a story of the world’s leading imperialist power using its military and diplomatic might to shield a client state as it commits atrocities. The fact that Israel has attacked or invaded ten countries throughout its history is an astonishing feat achievable only through guaranteed impunity provided by Washington. The RCIT supports this dossier as a crucial tool in the fight to expose this ‘Axis of Aggression’ and to build solidarity with the Palestinian people and all peoples resisting this imperialist onslaught.”
The World Muslim Congress reiterated its call for the Human Rights Council to take concrete action to address the findings of the dossier and to work towards restoring the integrity of international human rights law.
Office of the Representative
World Muslim Congress
Geneva, Switzerland
