In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council today, the Libyan-sponsored group “Nord Sud 21”, founded in 1989 to manage the Moammar Kaddafi Human
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch Concerned About Stalled Geneva Bid for Special Session on Sri Lanka Killings New York, May 12, 2009 — The expected reelection today of
Background On May 12, 2009, the UN General Assembly will elect 18 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. However, each is not
Iranians interrupt U.N racism session GENEVA, Switzerland, April 23 (UPI) — A human rights group says members of the Iranian delegation disrupted its speech Thursday
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, April 24, 2009 — The conclusion today of a U.N. conference on racism and discrimination was “a missed opportunity,” said Hillel Neuer, executive
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, April 22, 2009 — Today, in middle of a U.N. conference racism and intolerance, one thousand NGO activists are gathering to hear a
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, April 21, 2009 — Tonight, at its annual dinner gala, in the shadow of the Durban Review Conference, the Geneva-based human rights group UN
In April 2009, when the UN human rights council chose Libya to head the planning committee and main committee of its world conference on racism,
PRESS RELEASE Geneva Human Rights Summit on April 19th Geneva, Switzerland – The day before Iran’s President Ahmadinejad addresses the UN Durban Review Conference on
This morning’s debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council, in the Intercessional Working Group for the Durban Review Conference (“Durban II”), centered on a few
A moins d’un mois de la tenue de la Conférence d’examen de Durban de l’ONU – Genève 2009 (20 au 24 avril), la Ligue Internationale
Islamic states win another resolution on ‘defamation of religions’; UN Watch leads 188 NGOs in global protest The Islamic states scored another win today at