As the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) opened last week, a sense of diamond jubilee celebration was strikingly absent. No
Recently appointed as High Commissioner for Human Rights is Louise Arbour, a former Canadian professor, lawyer and Supreme Court Justice. The post, held by Sergio
GENEVA, 24 MARCH 2004 See full summary of debate below See other UN statements: by Kofi Anan and by Acting UN rights chief Bertrand Ramcharan. Click here
On February 23rd, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin hearing the case of Israel’s security fence, referred to it by the General Assembly
After months of tension and uncertainty, hope seems to be returning to the geopolitical front. Furiously. Witness the overtures between Pakistan and India, Libya and
The World Summit on the Information Society met from December 10-12 in Geneva. Bringing together government and civil society leaders, the UN-run event took aim
On Monday, Geneva played host to two events related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The first, an annual gathering sponsored by the UN, called for an
Following is an edited version of a UN Watch article published yesterday on the opinion page of The Jerusalem Post: In a recent interview with
Following last year’s watershed publication, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released its second annual Arab Human Development Report. Written “by Arabs for Arabs,” the
The UN’s Division for Palestinian Rights, a branch of its Department of Political Affairs, recently released an announcement for its annual “International Day of Solidarity
Jean Ziegler, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, visited Israel, the West Bank and Gaza from July 3 to 13. His report
On Monday, a discussion was held at the Security Council on a draft resolution, submitted by Sudan on behalf of the Arab Group, in reaction