Join UN Watch for parallel event to UN Comission on the Status of Women, 4 March 2013: “Profiles in Courage: Human Rights Defenders and the Struggle
During a recent meeting at the UN, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay seemed to downplay the responsibility of governments in instigating violent
Famous Survivors of North Korean Concentration Camps to Headline Geneva Rights Summit Next Tuesday, Feb. 19 North Korean camp survivor Shin Dong-Hyuk, subject of the
Celebrating Equality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day In tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UN Watch invites its readers to listen to Dr.
PRESS RELEASE TAHRIR SQUARE HERO MAIKEL NABIL WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN JANUARY AFTER MILLIONS JOINED ‘FREE MAIKEL’ TWITTER CAMPAIGN GENEVA, Dec. 23 – As
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 18 – Women’s rights activist Mukhtar Mai, who made world headlines when she was gang raped as a “punishment” ordered by
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 — UN Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group, called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon, rights commissioner Navi Pillay, U.S.
PRESS RELEASE International campaign of 40 MPs & NGOs protest candidacy Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco,
The recent violence in the Middle East and beyond on the movie on Prophet Mohammed has rekindled the defamation debate at the United Nations. Last
Reactions to Today’s Terror Attack on Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria A bus carrying Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport suddenly exploded today, killing seven and
On Wednesday July 3rd, the Human Rights Council dealt with issues of racism and related forms of intolerance. Below are some highlights: * Pakistan, on
UN Watch testimony delivered by Hillel Neuer before the U.N. Human Rights Council, July 3, 2012 Thank you, Madam President. UN Watch was founded by