Rights Violating States Attempt Response to Accusations
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, after a number of states and NGOs accused Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, China, and North Korea of violating
June 8, 2009
China
Rights Group Warns Against ‘Foxes Guarding the Chickens’; Opposes U.N. Rights Council Seats for China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch Concerned About Stalled Geneva Bid for Special Session on Sri Lanka Killings New York, May 12, 2009 — The expected reelection today of
May 12, 2009
Human Rights Abusers Poised to Take Seats on UN Council; “Don’t Let Foxes Guard the Chickens,” Urges UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE New York, May 6, 2009 — More than a third of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal
May 6, 2009
UN Watch urges U.S. to use U.N. rights council membership to confront Orwellian agenda of world’s worst abusers
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
March 31, 2009
China blah-blahs Durban 2 racism; Egypt protests
The U.N. Human Rights Council held informal consultations on the EU’s resolution on freedom of religion and belief, to be voted on next week. The
March 18, 2009
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
Issue 186: Mutual Praise Society
U.N. Delegates Laud Chinese Death Penalty and Internet Censorship “U.N. rights council becoming Mutual Praise Society,” says UN Watch 125-page report, featured in Reuters, Associated Press, South
February 13, 2009
China
U.N. Delegates Laud China for Death Penalty and Restricting Internet
PRESS RELEASE Group reports: U.N. rights council turning into “Mutual Praise Society” GENEVA, February 9, 2009 — Delegates to a U.N. meeting today on China’s human rights record
February 9, 2009
The Right to Name And Shame: An Analysis of the Tenure of Former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour with Recommendations for New High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay
Summary Click for Full Report (PDF) The new appointment of Navanethem Pillay as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is an opportunity to reflect
August 4, 2008
Issue 164: Fiasco in the Making: UN Set to Reopen Durban Anti-Racism Conference
Headlines: Fiasco in the Making: UN Set to Reopen Durban Anti-Racism Conference European Parliament to Host Anti-Israel Hate-Fest UN Tampers with Official Records to Cover
August 17, 2007
U.N. Endorses Chinese Retaliation Against NGOs Supporting Taiwan
PRESS RELEASE Liberal International suspended, but gay rights groups win victory Geneva, July 20, 2007 — Amid a series of rulings today affecting NGOs, the U.N.’s Economic
July 20, 2007
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Disappointment if Abusers Elected
PRESS RELEASE Existing violators incude China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia Geneva, May 17, 2007 — After a year of failed reforms and disappointment at
May 17, 2007
