Cuba Blocking Rights Defender from Addressing Monday’s Geneva Summit, 30 Rights Groups Join UN Watch, Urge World Body’s Rights Chief to Protest Click here
PRESS RELEASE But welcomes ECOSOC grant of NGO status to Brazilian gays and U.S.-based Democracy Coalition Project GENEVA, July 27, 2009 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based
During today’s debate on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council, a number of Western states voiced concerns about barriers
During today’s debate on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council, a number of Western states voiced concerns about barriers
At the meeting to adopt the report on Cuban rights violations at the UN Human Rights Council today, of the ten slots allotted for NGO
At the meeting to adopt the report on Cuban rights violations at the UN Human Rights Council today, of the ten slots allotted for NGO
The U.N.’s human rights officers work hard at allowing NGOs to speak, but today the system failed. Theoretically, NGOs were to form a line outside
During this morning’s discussion on Item 4: “Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention,” the Czech Republic speaking for the European Union, Canada, the
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
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
Speaking at the high-level segment of the Durban Review Conference on Tuesday, Cuba said that “in the industrialized countries you see racism most developed” and
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