UN WATCH ENDORSEMENTS FOR ELECTIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL The list of endorsements below is followed by an explanation of the methodology used
PRESS RELEASE Victims Groups and NGOs Protest Swiss Nomination and Upcoming Election of Jean Ziegler Geneva, April 11, 2006 – An international coalition of 15 human rights
Rapporteur Watch: Jean Ziegler’s Abuse of Mandate To safeguard the important work of the great majority of UN independent human rights experts, known as the
Behind the Blitzkrieg What explains the blitzkrieg of op-eds by Nobel laureates, and so many other card-carrying members of the international foreign policy establishment,
PRESS RELEASE Groups Urge Removal of “Anti-NGO Clause” and Reinstatement of Annan’s 2/3 Threshold for Member Elections Geneva, March 2, 2006 – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb 23, 2006 – Today’s proposed UN resolution to replace the world body’s discredited human rights commission with a new council offers some
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 20, 2006 – Three human rights groups today urged the President of the General Assembly and the United Nations to reject last-minute
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Jan 16, 2006 – The U.N.’s much derided Commission on Human Rights, slated to be replaced soon by a proposed new council,
The following is the transcript of a debate on CNN International’s “Diplomatic License” program, as first aired globally on December 2, 2005. Hosted by CNN’s
An international injustice that has persisted for decades may soon come to an end. On December 5th and 6th, here in Geneva, a Diplomatic Conference
After Zimbabwe was accused yesterday of rights abuses by an international coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) led by UN Watch, the Mugabe government’s Geneva representative
Anyone questioning the necessity of Kofi Annan’s proposed overhaul of the 53-member U.N. Commission on Human Rights need only look to the results of its