The Human Rights Council convened this afternoon for an emergency session on the Israeli flotilla attack. Israel offered a legal explanation of the events that
Below is the draft resolution submitted to the UN Human Rights Council this morning by the Islamic and Arab blocs, co-sponsored with the Palestinian delegation. It
Libya wins seat on UN Human Rights Council By Ben Evansky Fox News May 13, 2010 Libya – a country with well documented ties to
PRESS RELEASE ‘Elections without competition were phony’ Geneva, May 13, 2010 — Human rights groups condemned today’s election of Libya, Angola, Mauritania, Qatar and Malaysia
‘Elections without competition don’t make sense’ Geneva, May 12, 20010 – Human rights groups are calling on the General Assembly to reject seats on the
The UN Human Rights Council, dominated by dictatorships like China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia, concluded its last session by once again turning a blind eye to
PRESS RELEASE Coalition slams Western group for running Spain and Switzerland on ‘closed slate’ Geneva, May 10, 2010 – A coalition 30 non-governmental organizations, including
PRESS RELEASE New York, May 4, 2010 — Two UN watchdog organizations today urged the United Nations General Assembly to reject five candidates for the United Nations
The following UN Watch appeal was sent to High Commissioner Navi Pillay. Ms. Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the UN High
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, April 28, 2010 — Appealing her office’s rejection of an earlier request, UN Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental watchdog organization, today called on UN rights
Dear High Commissioner Pillay, We wrote you on March 24, 2010, requesting that the UN Human Rights Council website cease hosting an anti-Semitic text (A/HRC/13/NGO/23)
Geneva, April 25, 2010 – UN Watch welcomes the news, as reported by the New York Times, that Richard Goldstone, the South African judge who presided over the