Geneva, October 10, 2008 – To prevent the derailing of a world conference on racism, independent human rights group UN Watch today called on UN
Geneva, October 10, 2008 – To prevent the derailing of a world conference on racism, independent human rights group UN Watch today called on UN
In this Issue: Analysis: UN Rights Council Ends Scrutiny of Liberian Abuses, Praises Sudan, Slams Israel Debate: Council Bans UN Chief’s Critique of Anti-Israel Bias,
The Durban II Debates on Video: UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer on Al Jazeera With Riz Khan New York, Sept. 24, 2008 — In the first major
When Navi Pillay was appointed this summer as the UN’s new high commissioner for human rights, the mayor of Durban, South Africa, her native city,
When Navi Pillay was appointed this summer as the UN’s new high commissioner for human rights, the mayor of Durban, South Africa, her native city,
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 8, 2008 — After new UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay addressed the 47-nation Human Rights Council for the first time today, independent human
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 5, 2008 — UN Watch urged European Union members and UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay to take the floor at a UN anti-racism
The UN originally intended to organize major regional meetings around the world in advance of the Durban Review Conference, set for April in Geneva. In the end, however,
Speaking before a United Nations audience, Simone Veil, Holocaust survivor and former president of the European Parliament, urged the international community to prevent a
PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Nigeria, August 26, 2008 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over several provisions in a draft declaration set to
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch: ‘African Declaration Breaches EU’s Red Lines’ Abuja, Nigeria, August 26, 2008 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over