Ban Ki-moon & EU’s Mogherini must condemn election of Iran to UN Women UN Watch letter to EU UN Watch letter to Ban Ki-moon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNITED NATIONS, April 13, 2015 – Out of possible deference to the nuclear talks with Iran, the EU and the US failed to stop the fundamentalist …
Statement in Spanish by UN Watch Secretary General’s Report on Human Rights in Iran – Item 2 UNHRC 31st Session, 23 March 2016 Delivered by Bertha Merikanskas Below is the text of the statement translated into English Thank you, Mr. President. UN Watch strongly condemns the gross violations of human …
GENEVA, MARCH 15, 2016 — UN Watch hosted an event today at the UN to shed light on human rights abuses in Iran, as covered here in the LA Times. Victims and advocates gave vivid testimony of their first-hand experiences in Iran with a particular focus on the human rights of women. The meeting aimed to raise …
Ten Years Later: Is the UN Human Rights Council Living Up to Its Promise? Testimony before the UN Human Rights Council plenary, delivered by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer, on March 11, 2016 Hillel Neuer, UN Watch: Thank you, Mr. President. In four days, this Human Rights Council marks its 10th …
TOP 5 BEST UN WATCH VIDEOS OF 2015 5. Cuba calls to “eliminate” UN Watch speech showing Israeli elections as lesson for dictatorships March 2015: When UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer asked why the UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel four times more than Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and he urged …
TOP 10 WORST U.N. MOMENTS OF 2015 Left: Faisal Trad, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Geneva, was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights Council panel that appoints independent experts. Right: Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. GENEVA, December 30, 2015 – UN Watch …
In a recent statement on November 11th 2015 Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, censured that country for its poor record on human rights. This comes just over a month after Mr. Shaheed published a heavily critical report on the subject …
I. Introduction The Special Rapporteur welcomes the recent nuclear agreement struck between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the P5+1 countries (China, France, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) on 14 July 2015.[1] Given the close interrelationship between peace, development and human …
“Building peace in the minds of men and women” Though its ruler Omar al-Bashir is wanted for genocide by the International Criminal Court, the regime of Sudan was elected on Friday to the decision-making Executive Board of UNESCO, the world agency on education, science, and culture. Two days …
Acting in its capacity as chair of the largest group of nations at the UN Human Rights Council, the Islamic Republic of Iran has just submitted a resolution that reaffirms the peculiar notion that adoption of sanctions against another country is a violation of human rights and of international law, known in …
