
Free speech resolution watered down to please Islamic states
This UN Human Rights Council will today adopt a resolution on freedom of expression, renewing the mandate of the expert charged with investigating violations. The

This UN Human Rights Council will today adopt a resolution on freedom of expression, renewing the mandate of the expert charged with investigating violations. The

https://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A734510 Business Day (South Africa) By Hopewell Radebe Diplomatic Editor THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma not to support Switzerland’s

https://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A734510 Business Day (South Africa) By Hopewell Radebe Diplomatic Editor THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma not to support Switzerland’s

To the sound of cheers, and by an overhwelming majority of 40 out of 47 votes, the UN Human Rights Council today elected Jean Ziegler,

Norway’s Progress Party, the leading opposition party in the Norwegian parliament, called on the Swiss government to withdraw the nomination of Jean Ziegler to the

PRESS RELEASE Jean Ziegler Co-Founded “Moammar Khaddafi Human Rights Prize” in 1989, Supported Mugabe and Castro Regimes Geneva, March 26, 2008 — To the sound

Jean Ziegler Supported Robert Mugabe and Fidel Castro, Co-Founded “Muammar Khaddafi Human Rights Prize” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva, March 25, 2008 — One day

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Head of the Delegation for the Relations with the UN in the European Parliament, sent the following protest to the Swiss ambassador

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 11, 2008 — The UN refused to publish a submission by a Geneva non-governmental organization detailing conflict of interest on the

In an address to the UN Human Rights Council, British Foreign Secretary Mark Malloch-Brown strongly spoke of Iran’s “horrendous” human rights violations towards women and

Appearing before the UN Human Rights Council today, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki lashed out at Israel, declared unwavering support for the UN’s plans for

Appearing before the UN Human Rights Council today, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki lashed out at Israel, declared unwavering support for the UN’s plans for