GENEVA, September 8, 2022 — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will propose Austria’s Volker Türk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, Reuters
By Hillel Neuer Amnesty International had to have known Russia would weaponize their report on Ukraine to justify killing Ukrainian civilians. But the organization’s leaders
GENEVA, May 23, 2022 — Russia’s counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned, the most senior diplomat to defect since his country’s invasion of Ukraine began
GENEVA, May 18, 2022 — A watchdog organization today called on a UN human rights envoy to return $200,000 that she received from the Chinese state while she helped the regime
The UN Special Rapporteur on “the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures” Alena Douhan, concluded an 11-day visit to Iran by urging “countries that have
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Launching a 10-day visit to the country, today the UN Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Tomoya Obokata, met with Mauritania’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Cheikh Ahmedou
GENEVA, May 4, 2022 — UN Watch welcomes today’s visit to Mauritania by the United Nations monitor on slavery is, where an estimated 500,000 people
GENEVA, May 2, 2022 — A coalition of 25 human rights groups that co-sponsor the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy today called
GENEVA, April 6, 2022 — The independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch, which spearheaded the campaign (see below) to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, welcomed today’s
By a 92-24 vote, the UN General Assembly ousted Russia from its top human rights body, in wake of a sustained campaign by UN Watch.
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