The U.S. has decided not to attend the Durban II conference opening Monday in Geneva — click here for more. Meanwhile, the top story on Swiss
PRESS RELEASE Geneva Human Rights Summit on April 19th Geneva, Switzerland – The day before Iran’s President Ahmadinejad addresses the UN Durban Review Conference on
UN Watch Blasts Sudan on ‘Racist Murder’, Iran on Persecuting Gays YouTube video of debate now available: click here (3 mins.) Summary of Recent Debate at
PRESS RELEASE Click here for latest UN Watch statistics on the Human Rights Council GENEVA, March 31, 2009 — Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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”
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