Human Rights
Outrage as Saudi Arabia Chairs U.N. Women’s Rights Commission
NEW YORK, March 11, 2025 — Despite its abysmal record on women’s rights, Saudi Arabia is now chairing the UN’s top women’s rights body, presiding
March 11, 2025
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UN Watch invites Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga to address the UNHRC
SHARE: YouTube UN Watch brought Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to confront Daniel Ortega and his
March 3, 2025
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UN Watchdog Calls for Resignation of Top UN Human Rights Official After Investigation Produces Damning Report of Turning Blind Eye to Human Rights Abuses
GENEVA, December 10, 2024 — A UN watchdog group has called for the United Nations’ top human rights official to resign by January 1st, after
December 10, 2024
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Report: UN Rights Chief Turned Blind Eye to World’s Worst Regimes
BLIND EYE TO DICTATORSHIPS A Report on Volker Türk’s Record as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights December 10, 2024 Introduction and Methodology This report
December 10, 2024
Hillel Neuer
Hillel Neuer on i24News: “The Human Rights Council has been completely corrupted by dictatorships”
Hillel Neuer appeared on i24News with Laura Cellier to discuss how brutal dictatorships weaponize the U.N. Human Rights Council and how so-called U.N. experts, such
October 13, 2024
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Report: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, DR Congo set to win top UN rights posts
NEW YORK, October 8, 2024 – Ahead of Wednesday’s elections for the UN Human Rights Council, activists called on the world body to oppose the
October 9, 2024
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UN Watch invites French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy to address the U.N. HRC
SHARE: Twitter | YouTube UN Watch brought French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss Russia’s illegal war in
October 6, 2024
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Political Activist Bill Browder addresses the UN Human Rights Council
UN Watch brought the head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, Bill Browder, to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to confront
October 6, 2024
Afghanistan
Hillel Neuer Exposes the U.N.’s Inaction to Protect Afghan Women
Hillel Neuer addressed the Human Rights Council to call out the U.N.’s inaction to protect Afghan Women from the Taliban’s oppression. Full Remarks: Thank
October 6, 2024
Eritrea
Eritrea Confronted at the U.N. Over Rampant Human Rights Abuses
UN Watch’s Morris B. Abram Fellow, Alex Blecker, took the floor of the Human Rights Council to confront Eritrea over its widespread human rights
October 6, 2024
Belarus
UN Watch invites Belarusian President-elect to address the U.N. HRC
SHARE: YouTube UN Watch brought Belarusian President-elect Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive detention
September 26, 2024
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UN Watch Invites Venezuelan Opposition Leader to Address the U.N. HRC
SHARE: Twitter | YouTube UN Watch brought Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to speak on dictator
September 26, 2024