
Iran's VP opens UN rights panel; Turkey, Russia, Qatar deflect abuses
Heads of state and other dignitaries gathered in Geneva to open the 2019 session of the UN Human Rights Council, with one dictatorship after another

Heads of state and other dignitaries gathered in Geneva to open the 2019 session of the UN Human Rights Council, with one dictatorship after another

Cameroon’s dictator: President Paul Biya Update: Cameroon was elected to the UN Human Rights Council, receiving 176 out of 193 possible votes. A simple majority of

Somalia’s bid for a seat on the UN’s top human rights body should be rejected, as it fails to meet the basic membership

REPORT ON UNHRC CANDIDATES FOR 2019-2021 TERM GENEVA, October 8, 2018 – Ahead of Friday’s UN election of 18 nations to its highest human rights

UN Watch hopes to exert pressure on Cuba GENEVA, July 26, 2018 – Human rights lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the UN today to demand that Cuba

GENEVA, June 18, 2018 – UN Watch today expressed grave concern that Saudi Arabia, considered by many to be the most misogynistic regime in the

Click here for video in original Chinese GENEVA, March 20, 2018 – As reported now in the New York Times, the Chinese government today interrupted UN

3 years ago this week: Saudi Arabia lashed human rights activist & blogger Raif Badawi 50 times on January 9, 2015, in front of a

TOP VIDEOS OF 2017 “Algeria, where are your Jews?” 3 million views on Facebook + 1.6 million on YouTube https://www.facebook.com/hillelneuer/videos/10154659337221561/ Son of Hamas Stuns the

Pakistan should not have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council today, as it fails to meet the basic membership criteria. See full UN

For today’s election, UN Watch opposes Afghanistan’s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. Click here for full report. Afghanistan’s Human Rights Record Afghanistan commits

This week, the New York Times reported about China’s crackdown on human rights activists, particularly its harassment of, and reprisals against, activists who attend UN