Saudis Drop Bid to Behead of UN Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE But Saudis Host UN-Backed Conference to “Combat Religious Intolerance” GENEVA, June 8, 2015 – Following UN Watch’s protest campaign, Saudi Arabia has failed in
June 8, 2015
Petitions & Appeals
UN announces “review” of bookstore after protest over books targeting Jews and Israel
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, April 30, 2015 – The head of the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva has initiated a review of its concession arrangement with
April 30, 2015
Dutch Diplomat Should Be Fired for Defending Iran’s Election to UN Women, Tweeting “Iran’s Not Misogynist”
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, April 14, 2015 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch today called on Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders (see letter below) to fire a senior
April 14, 2015
UN WATCH PROTESTS IRAN’S ELECTION TO U.N. WOMEN
UN Watch exposed the election of Iran, one of the world’s worst abusers of human rights, to the Board of UN Women. Thanks to UN
April 13, 2015
UN Watch statement on today's urgent session on Boko Haram
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Apr. 1, 2015 – UN Watch is participating today at the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Boko Haram. Please find
April 1, 2015
Ban Ki-moon must investigate tainted Gaza probe
PRESS RELEASE Revealed: Schabas denied conflicts of interest in application form GENEVA, Feb. 3, 2015 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch welcomed the
February 3, 2015
Rights group calls for UNHRC to expel Saudi Arabia after today's 50 lashes to rights activist Raif Badawi
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Jan. 9, 2015 – The U.S., France, Germany and the UK should lead a United Nations effort to finally expel Saudi Arabia from the
January 9, 2015
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member
November 18, 2014
Swiss president responds to N. Korean defectors’ appeal: won’t freeze regime bank accounts unless U.N. requests
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 7 – As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Swiss president Dider Burkhalter has written in a letter to UN Watch
November 7, 2014
Mauritania
Rights abusers win coveted UN rights posts
PRESS RELEASE Elected to ECOSOC: Misogynistic Pakistan, slave-holding Mauritania, gay-bashing Uganda, repressive Zimbabwe Ban Ki-moon, Samantha Power, EU should condemn GENEVA, Oct. 30 – UN Watch today called on
October 30, 2014
In Toronto Tomorrow, UN Watch Director Hillel Neuer to Release Legal Brief Demanding Canadian Law Professor William Schabas Resign from UN Gaza Probe for Breach of Impartiality
PRESS RELEASE TORONTO, October 1, 2014 – Canadian lawyer Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch, will be in Toronto tomorrow,
October 1, 2014
Today: As UN debates North Korean human rights, 20 famous survivors of atrocities urge Switzerland to freeze regime bank accounts
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, September 19, 2014 – When the UN rights council this morning debates North Korea’s record, a human rights NGO will take the floor to
September 19, 2014
