Richard A. Falk, an American who is U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, answers journalists' questions during a press conference after he presented his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Government supporters hold a national flag during a rally against an American-backed proposed U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on alleged human rights abuses during the country's civil war, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
Unidentified delegates speak together before the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council's special session on Syria taking place at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)