On Monday, the first day of the UN Human Rights Council's thrice-yearly meeting on global abuses, Israel was accused of deliberately targeting civilians and violating human rights in the 50-day Gaza war last summer.
Hillel Neuer, director of UN Watch, a human-rights NGO based in Geneva, called it a "Hate Israel Day".
Israel was discussed under Agenda Item 7. It is the only country to be allocated its own section on the agenda.
Other countries accused of grave human-rights violations requiring the UNHCR's attention - including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Libya, and Sudan - were due to be addressed under Agenda Item 4 later in the week.
