Algeria
Algeria Attacks Rights Chief and Her Office
The U.N. Human Rights Council convened this morning to discuss reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. Algeria took the opportunity to attack
June 5, 2009
A. Primary Categories
Israel
Report: Anti-Israel U.N. Investigator May Not be Jewish After All
The only reason that the UN Human Rights Council chose Richard Falk to be its permanent investigator of “Israel’s violations of the bases and principles
June 5, 2009
Human Rights
Iran Says “Chastity” is Key to “Preventing Violence Against Women”
During today’s annual full day discussion on women’s human rights at the U.N. Human Rights Council, opinions clashed on the role of culture and religion in
June 4, 2009
Human Rights
Iran Says “Chastity” is Key to “Preventing Violence Against Women”
During today’s annual full day discussion on women’s human rights at the U.N. Human Rights Council, opinions clashed on the role of culture and religion in
June 4, 2009
Human Rights
U.N. Free Speech Expert Resists Islamic States’ Call for Censorship
The debate on free speech from yesterday continued today at the U.N. Human Rights Council. The controversy stems from the report by U.N. expert on
June 3, 2009
Human Rights
U.N. Free Speech Expert Resists Islamic States’ Call for Censorship
The debate on free speech from yesterday continued today at the U.N. Human Rights Council. The controversy stems from the report by U.N. expert on
June 3, 2009
Human Rights
African, Islamic groups complain about U.N. free speech report
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Pakistan speaking for the Islamic Group and Egypt speaking for the African Group voiced their concerns that the
June 2, 2009
Human Rights
Libyan front group slams U.N. human rights session, sides with Sri Lanka and Non-Aligned bloc
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
May 27, 2009
Algeria
Algeria, Syria allege “double standards” in Sri Lanka session
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, debate continued at the special session on Sri Lanka, where ten thousand civilians have been killed since December, and hundreds
May 27, 2009
E.U.
Sri Lankan envoy lashes out at Western “colonizers” over U.N. emergency session, but rights groups call proposed resolution “toothless”
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 24, 2009 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch today expressed “serious disappointment” today over a “toothless” resolution on Sri Lanka being circulated by
May 24, 2009
Middle East
UNESCO: The Shame of a Disaster Foretold
By Bernard-Henri Lévy (Source: Huffington Post) Here is an open letter I have co-signed along with Elie Wiesel and Claude Lanzmann: Who declared in April
May 22, 2009
Petitions & Appeals
Sri Lankan minister must resign from WHO presidency for humanitarian catastrophe, demands activist group
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 20, 2009 — Sri Lankan health minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, elected president of this week’s annual session of the World Health Organization,
May 20, 2009