Human Rights
UN Watch Leads 188 NGOs in Global Appeal for Free Speech
Islamic states win another resolution on ‘defamation of religions’; UN Watch leads 188 NGOs in global protest The Islamic states scored another win today at
March 26, 2009
UN Watch
Durban
UN Watch Quoted by Associated Press on Durban ll Crisis
UN Watch quoted by Associated Press on Durban II crisis During the past two weeks, major media around the world—including the Associated Press, Agence Télégraphique
March 25, 2009
Durban
UN Watch Applauds Dutch FM’s Call on EU Ministers to Withdraw from Discredited Durban II Conference
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 12, 2009 — UN Watch applauded Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen for announcing that this Monday he will call on European Union states
March 12, 2009
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Issue 187: Proposal at U.N. to criminalize ‘defamation of Islam’
Geneva, March 11, 2009 — A new U.N. resolution circulated today by Islamic states would define any questioning of Islamic dogma as a human rights violation, intimidate dissenting
March 11, 2009
China
Group: U.N. rights council meeting on financial crisis is waste of moral capital
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, February 20, 2009 — The United Nations Human Rights Council special session today on the financial crisis is a waste of the organization’s precious time,
February 20, 2009
UN Watch
New Report: U.N. Rights Council Turning into “Mutual Praise Society”
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, February 6, 2009 — The peer review sessions of the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council are being misused by countries to praise allies and criticize
February 6, 2009
Antisemitism
Durban-born UN rights chief urged to protest Durban ‘discriminatory’ boycott of Israel
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 5 —Geneva-based human rights organization UN Watch today called on UN rights chief Navi Pillay to protest the “outrageous and discriminatory”
February 5, 2009
Durban
Ban Ki-moon and UN Rights Chief Urged to Reject Controversial New Durban II Draft
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, January 5, 2009 — UN Watch, an independent non-govermental organization headquartered in Geneva, today called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon and human rights high
January 5, 2009
Human Rights
Issue 184: Radio Free Europe Features UN Watch Op-ed on ‘Defamation of Islam’ * U.N. Rewrites Durban Title to Downplay Offensive Proposals, Lashes Out at ‘Single Issue Lobby Groups’
In this Issue: Today: Radio Free Europe features UN Watch op-ed on ‘Defamation of Human Rights’ New Islamic-sponsored U.N. resolution against free speech: Who supported it, who
December 22, 2008
Hillel Neuer
Issue 181: Exposing the U.N.’s Resident 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist
UN Watch’s campaign to fire Richard Falk, the U.N.’s resident 9/11 conspiracy theorist, wins new support today in a San Francisco Chronicle column by Joel
December 14, 2008
Hillel Neuer
Issue 183: UN Watch Releases New Report at United Nations Press Briefing: ‘Eleanor’s Dream’
UN Watch Releases New Report at United Nations Press Briefing: ‘Eleanor’s Dream’ On the historic occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
December 10, 2008
Afghanistan
UN to Vote on Key Human Rights Resolution for Iranian Victims
A critical resolution for Iran’s victims of gross human rights violations recently passed a key United Nations committee, and within weeks will be decided upon by the
December 1, 2008