GENEVA, June 19, 2019 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization, condemned the recent election of serial human rights abusers China, Russia, Nicaragua and Bangladesh to the 54-nation Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a top UN body that regulates human rights groups, oversees the UN …
A coalition of more than 70 UN accredited NGOs is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on the human rights situation in Cuba and to appoint a special rapporteur to monitor human rights in Cuba. The resolution strongly condemns human rights violations by Cuba, including …
GENEVA, May 16, 2019 — Despite Nicaragua’s brutal crackdown on dissent since protests erupted in April 2018, UN delegates lined up yesterday at the Human Rights Council to applaud the government’s track record on human rights, as the country underwent a mandatory review that all UN member states …
GENEVA, May 15, 2019 — Despite Qatar’s gross human rights abuses, nation after nation lined up today at the UN Human Rights Council to laud the government’s track record on human rights, as the country underwent a mandatory review that all UN member states undergo every five years. Qatar itself is a member …
GENEVA, May 13, 2019 — Following last week’s glowing reviews of North Korea, DR Congo, and Brunei’s human rights records, the UN Human Rights Council gathered today to applaud the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea, where the current president has been in power since a brutal military coup in …
GENEVA, May 10, 2019 — Despite Brunei’s notorious new penal code that provides for the stoning of gays, nation after nation lined up today at the UN Human Rights Council to laud the absolute monarchy’s track record on human rights, as the country underwent a mandatory review that all UN member …
GENEVA, May 9, 2019 — Following this week’s glowing review of DR Congo’s human rights record, the UN Human Rights Council gathered today to shower praise upon North Korea, one of the most abusive regimes in the world. (See quotes below.) While the mandatory review exercise serves as a platform to scrutinize …
GENEVA, May 8, 2019 — Nation after nation lined up at the UN yesterday to shower praise on the human rights record of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a notorious abuser of human rights, during a mandatory review that all UN member states undergo every five years at the UN Human Rights Council. DRC is …
GENEVA, May 7, 2019 – Swiss-based human rights group UN Watch today welcomed the release on parole of Cuban political prisoner Eduardo Cardet following two and a half years in prison on trumped-up charges. However, UN Watch urged the Cuban government to abide by a …
