United Nations
New Video Exposes Abuses at UN Human Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 21, 2007 — UN Watch today released a new video revealing how the UN’s highest human rights body is “routinely turned on its
June 21, 2007
United Nations
Antisemitism
Irregularities, Old Habits Plague UN Human Rights Council Transition
PRESS RELEASE Canada ignored, Israel censured, Darfur atrocities dismissed Geneva, June 20, 2007 — Confusion, old habits and a new sense of lawlessness continued to plague the
June 20, 2007
United Nations
Castro and Lukashenko to Celebrate at UN Human Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 18, 2007 — UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer issued the following statement today regarding the Human Rights Council president’s text: Defining
June 18, 2007
Antisemitism
Libya Set to Head UN Anti-Racism Conference
PRESS RELEASE Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia also among 15-member bureau Geneva, June 15, 2007 — Libya is the sole candidate for the post of Chair of
June 15, 2007
NGOs
37 NGOs Urge UN Secretary-General Ban to Intervene on Darfur
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 14, 2007 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s stance on Darfur has “dissipated pressure rather than building it,” according to an appeal published today
June 14, 2007
Canada
Tutu’s UNHRC Mission to Gaza: Canadian M.P. Tells Plenary Why He Rejected Invitation
PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Advocate & former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler: “Mandate Violated Fundamental Justice” Geneva, June 13, 2007 — Canadian parliamentarian and former justice minister
June 13, 2007
Canada
Canadian Parliamentarian Rejected Offer to Join Tutu’s UN Mission to Gaza
PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Advocate and former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler: “Mandate Violated Fundamental Justice” Geneva, June 13, 2007 — In a powerful speech today
June 13, 2007
Libya
Libyan Human Rights Violations and UN Expert Jean Ziegler
Testimony at the UN Libyan Human Rights Violations and UN Expert Jean Ziegler Interactive Dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Jean
June 12, 2007
Bangladesh
New Details on Bangladeshi Harassment of UN Expert Sigma Huda
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 7, 2007 — UN Watch released new details (Click here or see below) confirming that the Bangladeshi government is blocking Ms. Sigma Huda, the
June 7, 2007
Human Rights
UN Promise of Human Rights Reform in Peril, Ban ki-Moon Urged to Intervene
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 4, 2007 — A reform proposal released today by the UN’s top human rights body is a setback and a cause for alarm, while
June 4, 2007
China
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Disappointment if Abusers Elected
PRESS RELEASE Existing violators incude China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia Geneva, May 17, 2007 — After a year of failed reforms and disappointment at
May 17, 2007
Belarus
Foxes Guarding the Chickens at UN Human Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE Angola, Egypt, and Qatar join existing members China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia Geneva, May 17, 2007 — UN Watch welcomed the defeat of
May 17, 2007