PRESS RELEASE GENEVA – On the occasion of the Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Day, Geneva’s Jewish communities organized a public commemorative ceremony on the evening of
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
Following is a summary of the 3rd substantive session of the Durban Review Preparatory Committee, which met yesterday and today, and which concludes tomorrow.
Following is a summary of the 3rd substantive session of the Durban Review Preparatory Committee, which met yesterday and today, and which concludes tomorrow.
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
PRESS RELEASE Click here for latest UN Watch statistics on the Human Rights Council GENEVA, March 31, 2009 — Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based
The U.N. Human Rights Council concluded its main annual session on Friday, March 28. Before the start of the session, Freedom House published an updated
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
March 26, 2009 — The following countries protested the one-sided nature of the UN Human Rights Council’s latest “Fact Finding Mission” on Gaza, in plenary statements
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
At the U.N. Human Rights Council today, states undertook a discussion on racism and follow-up to the 2001 Durban anti-racism Declaration. All delegations that spoke