SHARE: YouTube Felix Maradiaga, a former political prisoner, delivered a powerful statement to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC60) on the worsening human rights crisis in
GENEVA, June 5, 2025 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization, condemned the election yesterday of serial human rights abusers — China, Russia, Turkey, Burundi
SHARE: YouTube UN Watch brought Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga to the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to confront Daniel Ortega and his
GENEVA, May 4, 2023 — A cross-regional coalition of 25 human rights organizations announced today that its prestigious human rights award will go this year to
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, the regimes of Iran, Syria, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia told lies to shield their friend Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega.
GENEVA, June 19, 2019 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization, condemned the recent election of serial human rights abusers China, Russia, Nicaragua and Bangladesh to the 54-nation
GENEVA, May 16, 2019 — Despite Nicaragua’s brutal crackdown on dissent since protests erupted in April 2018, UN delegates lined up yesterday at the Human Rights Council to applaud the government’s
GENEVA, August 8, 2018 – In reaction to the news of Michelle Bachelet’s nomination as the next UN human rights chief, the non-governmental human rights organization UN Watch
GENEVA, April 16, 2018 – A Swiss-based watchdog organization today called on the world body not to elect a “rogues’ gallery of the world’s worst human
UN Watch Statement Human Rights Council, 27thSession UPR of Nicaragua 19 September 2014 Delivered by Signe Kossmann Thank you, Mr. President. UN Watch is
PRESS RELEASE Urges new members India, Indonesia, Philippines to improve stance on resolutions for victims NEW YORK, May 20 — UN Watch slammed the UN’s election today of
NEW YORK, May 18 — Three days before the UN chooses 15 new member states to its Human Rights Council, human rights groups today said Congo, Kuwait and