PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, May 25, 2012 – Top Chinese dissident Dr. Yang Jianli was awarded the 2012 Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award by UN
During its 48th session, which is currently meeting in Geneva, the Committee Against Torture convened an extraordinary meeting on the situation in the Syrian Arab
Today’s announcement by the office of UN human rights chief Navi Pillay about an “Expert Workshop on Human Rights and International Solidarity,” which it will
Today’s announcement by the office of UN human rights chief Navi Pillay about an “Expert Workshop on Human Rights and International Solidarity,” which it will
One of President Obama’s top human rights officials has accused the UN Human Rights Council of anti-Semitism. In a speech delivered yesterday before the superb
The National Post (Canada) May 5, 2012, p. A20 EDITORIALS By Hillel Neuer Olivier De Schutter is the UN Human Rights Council’s “Special Rapporteur on
About the Chavez Bid and How Governments Can Stop It Venezuela: Another test for U.N. rights body The Miami Herald, May 2, 2012 By Hillel C.
PRESS RELEASE Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda GENEVA, May 2, 2012 — Forty
1. Take-Action Petition: Urge US & EU to Stop U.N. From Legitimizing Hugo Chavez 2. UN Watch Op-Ed in Today’s Miami Herald: “Venezuela: Another Test for
Sri Lankans worried over their government’s failure to block a recent UN resolution on its 2009 mass killings of Tamil civilians now have even greater
Sri Lankans worried over their government’s failure to block a recent UN resolution on its 2009 mass killings of Tamil civilians now have even greater
N THIS EDITION 1. L.A. Times is Dead Wrong on “Engaging” With Cuba (UNW Letter to Editor in L.A. Times) 2. Putin Promises Freedom, But