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
No one’s talking about it, but soon — perhaps in early November — the UN General Assembly will be asked to approve the new configuration
Discredited Council Opens Second Year The UN Human Rights Council is in the middle of a three-week session in Geneva, its first after the conclusion
PRESS RELEASE Islamic group alleges ‘smear campaign’ against conference; Libya elected chair, Iran and Cuba as vice-chairs Geneva, Aug. 27, 2007 — UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer
Dictators Fidel Castro of Cuba and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus will be celebrating the UN Human Rights Council’s likely adoption tomorrow of a new reform
In this Issue: UN Council to Absolve Cuban and Belarus Regimes, Place Israel Under Permanent Indictment The Tutu Mission: Why Irwin Cotler Said No Iran’s
PRESS RELEASE Existing violators incude China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia Geneva, May 17, 2007 — After a year of failed reforms and disappointment at
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 26, 2006 — Today the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva debated reports delivered by its human rights envoys for
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Jan 16, 2006 – The U.N.’s much derided Commission on Human Rights, slated to be replaced soon by a proposed new council,
With the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights more than a month away, the traditional furor at its hypocrisies has come early.
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