Hillel Neuer@HillelNeuer · Jan 22, 2025

BREAKING: U.N. Special Rapporteur Mofokeng is now calling me an “evil scum” “white man” after I called for her to be…

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A UN Special Rapporteur is accused of violating the UN Code of Conduct through inflammatory social media posts, including profanity directed at Israel's prime minister and racist insults. The thread calls for her removal from her position overseeing 86 UN human rights experts, citing examples of her vulgar language, bias against Israel, and support for controversial causes.

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BREAKING: U.N. Special Rapporteur Mofokeng is now calling me an “evil scum” “white man” after I called for her to be disciplined for tweeting “F**k off” to Israel's prime minister. Mofokeng actually sits on the U.N. committee overseeing all 86 U.N. human rights experts. 🧵
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2/ Doubling down on her violations of the UN Code of Conduct—which require to act with probity, integrity & good faith—Mofokeng unleashed a rant against me replete with racism, obscenities & insults. Her actions bring the UN into disrepute and @antonioguterres cannot stay silent.
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@antonioguterres 3/ Any individual who resorts to racism, obscenities and insults is demonstrably unsuited to serve as a human rights expert or in any other position at the United Nations.
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@antonioguterres 4/ Mofokeng also seems incapable of understanding basic facts. In her insult-riddled rant, she says I limit comments to my tweets. False—as the whole world can see. And ironic: because actually it was Mofokeng herself who long ago blocked me. Who's the “scared coward,” Mofokeng?
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5/ The entire U.N. human rights system is morally bankrupt for appointing her and for enabling her reckless and inappropriate conduct. Below are just a handful of examples. We are urging @antonioguterres & @volker_turk to exercise responsible leadership and remove Mofokeng now.
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6/ Mofokeng serves as U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health, and oversees all of the other 85 U.N. human rights experts in her role on the Coordination Committee—which she chaired. She is obliged to act with integrity and moderation. Yet look at her routine language:
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7/ When someone disagreed with her about taking a Covid vaccine, the response of Mofokeng—the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health—was: Shove it up your a**
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8/ Inside the UN, Mofokeng is the strongest backer of Hamas supoorting rapporteur Francesca Albanese. On January 29, the two of them will jointly pitch yet another report accusing Israel of genocide. As their host writes, “the ceasefire is here but the genocide is not over.”
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9/ Mofokeng isn't just pro-Hamas. She's also pro-prostitution. Even PassBlue, the pro-UN website that just made Francesca Albanese their UN person of the year, called out Mofokeng for acting as a leader in a global campaign “to legitimize” prostitution. passblue.com/2020/08/19/not…
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10/ Despite both UN rapporteurs Mofokeng & Albanese being widely known as vulgar fruitcakes, mainstream media outlets like AFP rush to regurgitate their Hamas propaganda: france24.com/en/live-news/2…
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11/ She calls Israel “Israhell.” Yet the UN Code of Conduct requires her “to show restraint, moderation and discretion so as not to undermine the recognition of the independent nature of her UN position,” and to “not be seen to be taking sides with one party to the conflict.”
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12/ Mofokeng—a supposedly impartial UN human rights expert—says that Hamas murderers are rapists “are not terrorists.” She openly endorses “armed struggle.”
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13/ This is the individual whom the U.N. made Chair of the committee overseeing all of their human rights experts. I am not making this up: ohchr.org/en/special-pro…
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14/ Prostitution survivors together with 15 other women's rights groups recently filed a detailed complaint against Mofokeng for libel and defamation after she “publicly disparaged and demeaned” another UN expert who had opposed legitimizing prostitution: migrantwomennetwork.org/wp-content/upl…
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15/ Several days after we called out the Mofokeng tweet of “F**k him” directed at Israel's prime minister, why are Secretary-General @antonioguterres and High Commissioner @volker_turk still silent? They are allowing Mofkeng to bring the United Nations into disrepute.
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16/ Member states that have promoted an individual who engages in racism, insults, threats, and obscenities, rountinely displaying reckless and inappropriate conduct, have a particular duty to speak out.
Germany in the United Nations@GermanyUN · Oct 21, 2021
Today Amb Sautter welcomed Special Rapporteur on the #RighttoHealth Dr. Mofokeng (@drtlaleng). We must address the loss of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to move forward and build back better.
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17/ Secretary-General @antonioguterres recently posed for photos with Mofokeng and her UN committee. He should speak out now.
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@antonioguterres 18/ Badge of honor