In his pathetic resignation letter, Schabas explained that he never bothered to disclose his paid legal work for the PLO because....no one ever asked him. "I was not requested to detail my past activities concerning Palestine..." 
To his credit, UNHRC President Joachim Ruecker established the principle that UN appointees should avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Only after Amb. Ruecker formally requested a legal opinion from UN Headquarters in New York did Schabas resign.
In one of my most memorable episodes here at the UN, I personally handed Schabas this request to recuse himself on grounds of bias, when I met with the Gaza Commission of Inquiry in a grand room at the Palais des Nations in Sept. 2014. He flew into a rage. unwatch.org/wp-content/upl…
