China
NGO: U.N. gave China names of rights activists
Ti-Anna Wang, a Chinese human rights activist brought to testify by UN Watch, was harassed by Chinese agents in March 2014. GENEVA, May 24, 2017 –
May 24, 2017
Human Rights
Human Rights
Belgian Coverage: U.N. elects Saudi Arabia to Women’s Rights Commission
April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release announcing Saudi Arabia’s election to the Commission on the Status of Women.
May 5, 2017
Human Rights
Irish Coverage: U.N. elects Saudi Arabia to Women’s Rights Commission
Irish FM Charlie Flanagan and Saudi official Nasser al Fawzan April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release
May 5, 2017
Belgium
Calls for Belgian FM to Resign as Saudi-gate also roils Sweden, Ireland, Norway – Exposed by UN Watch
UN Watch Sparks Firestorm Worldwide by Revealing Saudi Arabia’s Absurd Election to UN Women’s Rights Body; Opposition Leaders Demand Answers UN Watch’s exposure of the
May 1, 2017
Belgium
Leaked e-mails: Belgium made sure Saudis knew it voted regime onto U.N. women's rights commission
Scandal: internal emails reveal that Belgium instructed its diplomats to vote Saudi Arabia onto the U.N. women’s rights commission — and to make sure the
April 30, 2017
Belgium
Belgian FM defends election of Saudi Arabia to U.N. women's rights body, advocates 'dialogue'
See also: Belgium made sure Saudis knew it voted regime onto women’s rights commissions, emails reveal Before he would be contradicted by his prime minister
April 30, 2017
Belgium
Belgium ‘sorry’ it voted Saudi Arabia on UN women’s rights panel; scandal exposed by UN Watch
“I regret the vote,” said Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. GENEVA, April 27, 2017 – The Geneva-based UN Watch — the non-governmental human rights
April 27, 2017
Human Rights
Islamic nations use debate on freedom of religion to attack LGBT rights
Islamic nations use debate on freedom of religion to attack LGBT rights As the UN Human Rights Council convenes for its 34th session, UN Watch
March 7, 2017
Human Rights
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
Human Rights
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
Human Rights
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