Canada
Anti-protest law lands Canada on UN human rights watch list
June 18, 2012 Russia’s RT The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is set to criticize Canada for the controversial law passed by the province
June 18, 2012
Country
Canada
Alarm over human rights in Canada
Al Jazeera June 18, 2012 Others questioned the need for such a high-profile move, including the director of UN Watch, the site reporting the criticism.
June 18, 2012
Canada
Issue 366: U.N. rights chief blasts U.S. & Canada in opening address to human rights council
UN commissioner Navi Pillay puts Canada on a human rights watch list and says: “Moves to restrict freedom of assembly continue to
June 18, 2012
Canada
Blame Canada: U.N. rights chief “alarmed” over Canadian law, but silent on China, Iran & Saudi Arabia
GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world’s worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when the UN’s
June 17, 2012
Canada
Blame Canada: U.N. rights chief “alarmed” over Canadian law, but silent on China, Iran & Saudi Arabia
GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world’s worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when the UN’s
June 17, 2012
Syria
Why UN peacekeepers suspended Syria mission
A day after this was posted, 36 have retweeted: Courage: The UN observers sent to #Syria to help stop the violence are leaving because. .
June 17, 2012
Canada
UN Watch on Canada’s CTV National News
June 17, 2012 SANDIE RINALDO: Now a high-ranking UN official is about to denounce Canada as a human rights abuser. In a speech tomorrow, the
June 17, 2012
Canada
First time: U.N. puts Canada on human rights watchlist over Quebec demo law
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world’s worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when
June 17, 2012
Israel
UN draft resolution rejects Palestinian bid to list birthplace of Jesus as endangered World Heritage site
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, June 13, 2012 – The United Nations circulated a draft resolution rejecting a Palestinian bid to list the birthplace of Jesus as
June 13, 2012
Syria
Issue 364: Clash at UN’s Syria Session: 20-year-old Torture Victim Confronts Assad Regime
Clash at UN’s Syria Session: 20-year-old Torture Victim Confronts Assad Regime When Syria and its allies Russia, China and Cuba told lies to the recent
June 12, 2012
Hillel Neuer
EU’s Ashton & UN rights chief now visiting Pakistan should oppose its bid to join top UN rights body
PRESS RELEASE International campaign of 40 MPs & NGOs protest candidacy Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco,
June 6, 2012
Australia
Prediction: UN friend of Assad will slam Australian “hunger” in Monash lecture
Prediction: when Olivier de Schutter, who holds the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Cuban-sponsored mandate on the “right to food,” delivers next week’s 2012 King & Wood
June 5, 2012