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,
At the initiative of the Cuban government, the UN Human Rights Council will convene on May 23, 2008 for an emergency “special session” to address
Jean Ziegler Supported Robert Mugabe and Fidel Castro, Co-Founded “Muammar Khaddafi Human Rights Prize” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva, March 25, 2008 — One day
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 11, 2008 — The UN refused to publish a submission by a Geneva non-governmental organization detailing conflict of interest on the
The 7th session of the Human Rights Council opened its second week with an address by Timor Leste Minister of Justice Lucia Labato. She condemned
UN Human Rights Council votes 30-1 to condemn Israel for “grave violations” An emergency session today of the UN’s 47-nation Human Rights Council condemned Israel
Against Moral Inversion UN Watch Testimony to UN Human Rights Council Sixth Special Session, Jan. 24, 2008 Delivered by Executive Director Hillel C. Neuer
By a vote of 165 to 7, a UN General Assembly committee last Friday approved “institution-building” changes to the Human Rights Council that actually weaken
Photo Timeline: “How the Human Right Council Was Born” By a vote of 165 to 7, a UN General Assembly committee last Friday approved “institution-building” changes
“Until Mr. Ban and Ms. Arbour take action, Jean Ziegler’s unethical conduct will cast a shadow upon the reputation and integrity of all the independent
UN Human Rights Council President Doru-Romulus Costea of Romania, appeared on Monday before the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which oversees human rights matters, as it
PRESS RELEASE “UN’s last chance to save the Human Rights Council from itself,” says UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer New York, Nov. 2, 2007 — A