NGOs
Sudanese Front Groups Crowd Out Victim Voices
Debate commenced today at the UN Human Rights Council on the report by Ms. Sima Samar, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
June 16, 2009
NGOs
Cuba
Cuba and Sri Lanka Attack UN Watch & Other Human Rights NGOs
During today’s debate on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council, a number of Western states voiced concerns about barriers
June 12, 2009
Cuba
Cuba and Sri Lanka Attack UN Watch & Other Human Rights NGOs
During today’s debate on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council, a number of Western states voiced concerns about barriers
June 12, 2009
NGOs
Pakistan Tries to Stifle NGO Voices
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Pakistan raised a concern about yesterday’s decision by the Council President to include NGO speeches into the record
June 10, 2009
Cuba
Cuban GONGOs Dominate NGO Speaker’s List
At the meeting to adopt the report on Cuban rights violations at the UN Human Rights Council today, of the ten slots allotted for NGO
June 10, 2009
Cuba
Cuban GONGOs Dominate NGO Speaker’s List
At the meeting to adopt the report on Cuban rights violations at the UN Human Rights Council today, of the ten slots allotted for NGO
June 10, 2009
Cuba
Cuban Front Groups Queue Up to Block Victim Voices
The U.N.’s human rights officers work hard at allowing NGOs to speak, but today the system failed. Theoretically, NGOs were to form a line outside
June 9, 2009
Human Rights
Libyan front group slams U.N. human rights session, sides with Sri Lanka and Non-Aligned bloc
In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council today, the Libyan-sponsored group “Nord Sud 21”, founded in 1989 to manage the Moammar Kaddafi Human
May 27, 2009
China
Rights Group Warns Against ‘Foxes Guarding the Chickens’; Opposes U.N. Rights Council Seats for China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch Concerned About Stalled Geneva Bid for Special Session on Sri Lanka Killings New York, May 12, 2009 — The expected reelection today of
May 12, 2009
China
Human Rights Abusers Poised to Take Seats on UN Council; “Don’t Let Foxes Guard the Chickens,” Urges UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE New York, May 6, 2009 — More than a third of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal
May 6, 2009
Hillel Neuer
Issue 191: UN Watch Releases Report on Human Rights Council Candidates
UN Watch was at U.N. headquarters in New York yesterday to release a joint report with Freedom House opposing repressive regimes running for election to
May 6, 2009
Antisemitism
Today: Historic Multicultural Gathering on Racism and Persecution to be Held During Durban Review Conference
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, April 22, 2009 — Today, in middle of a U.N. conference racism and intolerance, one thousand NGO activists are gathering to hear a
April 22, 2009