This morning, Mauritania’s delegation to the UN Human Rights Council responded to UN Watch and rejected the wide-spread and well-documented persistence of slavery in the
Today, activities kick-off at the UN in the lead up to International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Feb. 25 – The time has come for the UN’s highest body on human rights to move from rhetoric to concrete action,
Dec. 11, 2012 CNS News By Patrick Goodenough The U.N.’s top human rights body marked Human Rights Day on Monday by electing three countries with
Dec. 11, 2012 National Post Monday was Human Rights Day. It was also the day the United Nations chose to elect Mauritania, a country where
PRESS RELEASE Syria remains on UNESCO human rights committee GENEVA, Dec. 10 – UN Watch condemned today’s election of Mauritania, a country that allows 800,000
PRESS RELEASE ‘Elections without competition were phony’ Geneva, May 13, 2010 — Human rights groups condemned today’s election of Libya, Angola, Mauritania, Qatar and Malaysia
‘Elections without competition don’t make sense’ Geneva, May 12, 20010 – Human rights groups are calling on the General Assembly to reject seats on the
PRESS RELEASE New York, May 4, 2010 — Two UN watchdog organizations today urged the United Nations General Assembly to reject five candidates for the United Nations
Analysis On May 13, 2010, the UN General Assembly will vote to fill 14 of the 47 Human Rights Council seats in the annual rotation