Human Rights
The return of the Ad Hoc
On July 22, 2013, a two-week session of the controversial Ad Hoc Committee on the Collaboration of Complementary Standards commenced. The Committee, set up in
July 29, 2013
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China
UN announces Nov. 12th for Human Rights Council elections, releases names of candidates
PRESS RELEASE Iran pulls out—but Syria, China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Algeria & Vietnam are running UN Watch calls on U.S., EU & UN’s Ban to
July 29, 2013
United Nations
UN on auto-pilot against Israel
As US Secretary John Kerry is trying to jump-start peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN reverted to its old mode of issuing one-sided
July 24, 2013
UN Officials
UN's Falk Tries to Dissociate from "Zionazi" Epithet, Kevin Barrett
Last month UN Watch exposed the latest 9/11 conspiracy theories espoused by the UN’s Richard Falk on the “Truth Jihad” radio program of Kevin Barrett, the
July 23, 2013
UN Officials
UN's Falk Tries to Dissociate from "Zionazi" Epithet, Kevin Barrett
Last month UN Watch exposed the latest 9/11 conspiracy theories espoused by the UN’s Richard Falk on the “Truth Jihad” radio program of Kevin Barrett, the
July 23, 2013
Cuba
Issue 443: One year after suspicious death of Cuba's top dissident, 125 leaders urge U.N. to investigate
FIRST TIME: APPEAL FILED AS OFFICIAL SUBMISSION TO U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, WILL APPEAR ON AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER SESSION Signatories include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, European
July 22, 2013
Cuba
One year after suspicious death of Cuba's top dissident, 125 leaders urge U.N. to investigate
PRESS RELEASE FIRST TIME: APPEAL FILED AS OFFICIAL SUBMISSION TO U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, WILL APPEAR ON AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER SESSION Signatories include Archbishop Desmond
July 22, 2013
Cuba
UNESCO honors executioner Che Guevara
Cuba held a ceremony on Friday to celebrate UNESCO’s despicable decision to include “The Life and Works of Ernesto Che Guevara” among 54 new additions
July 21, 2013
Syria
UN Resolution Mentions Syria 15 Times – to Condemn Israel
The UN’s Economic and Social Council today adopted a resolution on human rights and humanitarian law that mentioned Syria 15 times. Except that Syria’s government
July 19, 2013
United Nations
Peasants' rights: the latest attack on the universality of human rights
The intergovernmental working group on “The Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas,” met for the first time during the week of
July 19, 2013
United Nations
Peasants’ rights: the latest attack on the universality of human rights
The intergovernmental working group on “The Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas,” met for the first time during the week of
July 19, 2013
United Nations
Israel accused of “water apartheid” at U.N.’s Cuban-backed “Peasants Rights Conference”
Israel was accused of “water apartheid” today at a Cuban-backed UN Human Rights Council conference aimed at creating a new “Declaration on the Rights of
July 17, 2013