Do Human Rights Matter?
Remarks delivered at the 9th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, February 21, 2017. By Alfred H. Moses After the fall of the Berlin
March 5, 2017
Human Rights
Walk of shame: Sweden's "first feminist government" don hijabs in Iran
GENEVA, Feb. 13, 2017 — In a statement that has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights NGO in Geneva, expressed
February 12, 2017
UN's new gay rights monitor should investigate UNHRC members that execute gays, says UN Watch
Intervention by UN Watch, at the first consultation of the Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, delivered at the United
January 26, 2017
Islamic & African Nations Boycott Meeting With First U.N. Expert on Anti-Gay Violence
Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn (above) is the UN’s newly appointed Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). GENEVA, Jan.
January 26, 2017
HRW's Ken Roth should apologize for invoking Holocaust terminology in abortion debate
GENEVA, Jan. 23, 2017 – UN Watch today called on Kenneth Roth, head of the New York-based activist group Human Rights Watch, to apologize for trivializing
January 22, 2017
UN elects Saudi Arabia to Human Rights Council, oversight on women's rights
GENEVA, Nov. 21, 2016 – The UN just elected Saudi Arabia to a 3-year term on its Human Rights Council, and Saudi representative Abdulaziz Alwasil has arrived
November 19, 2016
UN Watch Launches Opposition to Right Abusers as Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Cuba Seek Re-Election to UN Human Rights Council
Dissidents & Activists Join UN Watch for High Profile Events at Canadian Parliament, UN Headquarters, New York University Canadian Parliament: All-party coalition of MPs stood
October 7, 2016
UN expert: When Palestinian men beat their wives, it's Israel's fault
When Palestinian men beat their wives, in large part it’s the fault of Israel, suggests a UN expert. Dubravka Simonovic, UN Special Rapporteur on
September 26, 2016
Issue 607: U.N. Dictators & Their Apologists
Wall Street Journal TV Interview: “U.N. Dictators & Their Apologists” Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Cuba seek re-election to UNHRC AGAIN: Swiss nominate Jean Ziegler to
September 22, 2016
Masih Alinejad: Female politicians must challenge compulsory hijab
Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist & women’s rights activist, at EU Parliament, Sept. 6, 2016 I ask Catherine Ashton, Federica Mogherini—all of you female politicians around
September 14, 2016
Egypt
Egyptian envoy boycotts UN’s new monitor on anti-gay violence; "contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for"
Amr Ramadan, Egyptian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council: protecting gays from violence and discrimination is “contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for.” GENEVA,
August 16, 2016
Philippe Val: “A Reply from a non-Muslim, non-Jewish Frenchman to the Appeal by the 41”
A controversy has erupted in France in wake of a manifesto by 41 Muslim intellectuals. Following is the article, published in Le Journal du Dimanche,
August 11, 2016
