During the next two weeks, as well as over the next year, the eyes of the world—especially the eyes of those whose human rights are
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 19, 2006 – UN Watch today called on the UN’s new Human Rights Council to adopt concrete measures that will mark a break from
As it does every year, the UN’s annual World Health Assembly met last week in Geneva and decided to single out one of its 192
The General Assembly last week chose 47 nations as the founding members of the UN’s Human Rights Council, the much-ballyhooed replacement for the discredited and
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 15, 2006 – UN Watch today called on the 47 countries of the newly elected UN Human Rights Council to take immediate actions necessary
PRESS RELEASE Swiss NGO Urges Council to Adopt Strong Mechanisms for Victim Protection Geneva, May 9, 2006 – Close to half of the members elected to
UN WATCH ENDORSEMENTS FOR ELECTIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL The list of endorsements below is followed by an explanation of the methodology used
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 3, 2006 – UN Watch today called on democratic states to block repressive regimes from winning control of the UN’s new
Democratic states must unite to block repressive regimes from winning control of the UN’s new Human Rights Council when its 47 seats go up for
PRESS RELEASE Victims Groups and NGOs Protest Swiss Nomination and Upcoming Election of Jean Ziegler Geneva, April 11, 2006 – An international coalition of 15 human rights
PRESS RELEASE Groups Urge Removal of “Anti-NGO Clause” and Reinstatement of Annan’s 2/3 Threshold for Member Elections Geneva, March 2, 2006 – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb 23, 2006 – Today’s proposed UN resolution to replace the world body’s discredited human rights commission with a new council offers some