Canada
As much of the world starves, UN sends hunger probe to… Canada
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
May 6, 2012
Country
Venezuela
The International Campaign Against the Candidacy of Hugo Chavez for the U.N. Human Rights Council
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.
May 2, 2012
NGOs
40 MPs & NGOs oppose recently-declared Chavez bid for seat on U.N.’s top rights body
PRESS RELEASE Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda GENEVA, May 2, 2012 — Forty
May 2, 2012
Hillel Neuer
Issue 361: Op-Ed in Today’s Miami Herald * Appeal by MPs & NGOs * Take-Action Petition
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
May 2, 2012
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka clueless on exit of key allies China & Russia from UN rights council
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
April 29, 2012
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka clueless on exit of key allies China & Russia from UN rights council
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
April 29, 2012
Cuba
Issue 360: LA Times is Wrong on Cuba * Putin’s Promises * UN’s Ziegler: “Finally, the truth comes out!”
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
April 23, 2012
Sudan
Stop Bashir
UN Watch supports the campaign of Collectif Urgence Darfour to bring the President of Sudan, Omar al Bashir, to justice. Bashir is subject to an
April 17, 2012
Canada
Video: Sun TV interviews Hillel Neuer on human rights impostor Jean Ziegler’s visit to Canada
VIDEO: UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer on Sun TV calls U.N. expert Jean Ziegler “a human rights impostor,” opposes his visit this week to Canada. Click
April 1, 2012
Canada
Video: Sun TV interviews Hillel Neuer on human rights impostor Jean Ziegler’s visit to Canada
VIDEO: UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer on Sun TV calls U.N. expert Jean Ziegler “a human rights impostor,” opposes his visit this week to Canada. Click
April 1, 2012
Syria
UN Syria investigator Erturk gives conflicting accounts for resignation
According to Reuters, Yakin Erturk has just resigned from the UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria “in protest at the Syrian government’s refusal to allow
March 27, 2012
Cuba
Communist Cuba Takes Leading Role at UN Rights Council
Three of yesterday’s UN Human Rights Council resolutions were sponsored by Castro’s Communist Cuba, which continues to exercise key influence in UN bodies, particularly as
March 23, 2012