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
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
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
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,
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
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
Summary Click for Full Report (PDF) The new appointment of Navanethem Pillay as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is an opportunity to reflect
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
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
PRESS RELEASE Existing violators incude China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia Geneva, May 17, 2007 — After a year of failed reforms and disappointment at
The Commission on Human Rights has just wrapped up its largely business-as-usual session, though there were some interesting developments. Analysis: The Commission adopted resolutions on
Last Friday, 22 members of the Commission on Human Rights passed a no-action motion, blocking a US-backed resolution on the situation of human rights in
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