Human Rights
Scorecard: Half of UN Human Rights Council Members Opposed Action for Victims
GENEVA, June 14, 2021 — Nearly half the countries on the UN’s top human rights body—which the U.S. is now seeking to rejoin, and which opens a
Syria Elected to WHO Executive Board, Activists Outraged
GENEVA, May 29, 2021 — Syria was elected to the World Health Organization’s executive board on Friday, sparking outrage among human rights activists worldwide. “Syria’s election is a
UNHRC reps praise Somalia on human rights
GENEVA, May 6, 2021 — Country speakers taking the floor today at the UN Human Rights Council showered praise on Somalia during a mandatory human rights review
“Western democracies are appeasing the Iranian regime,” activists warn
NEW YORK, May 3, 2021 — Iranian human rights activists warned today that Western democracies are appeasing Iran, from refusing to condemn its election to a
“Western democracies are paying price for appeasing Iran,” warn activists
GENEVA, May 3, 2021 — In reaction to the recent election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Commission on the Status of
US balks at condemning Iran’s election to UN women’s commission
After a UN Watch report exposed the secret-ballot election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW),
Norway refuses to say if it voted to elect Iran to UN’s top women’s rights commission
After a UN Watch report exposed the secret-ballot election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women
Firestorm After UN Watch Reveals Iran Elected to UN Women’s Rights Commission
UN Watch’s exclusive report exposing Iran’s election to the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women has sparked a global firestorm. Lawmakers demanded answers and
At least 4 EU & Western democracies voted to elect Iran to UN women’s rights commission
At least four out of the 15 EU and Western group democracies at the UN’s Economic and Social Council voted to elect Iran to the
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
Iran's regime will begin its four-year term "at the first meeting of the Commission’s sixty-seventh session in 2022." https://t.co/uRl7ebkLd3 This will be on March 25,
UN Watch written statements at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council
The following written submissions by United Nations Watch have been published by the UN as official documents of the 46th session of the Human Rights
