Syria
Exclusive: UNESCO vote today will keep Syria on human rights committee
Despite bid by US & UK to expel Assad regime, UNESCO waters down draft resolution; Syria to keep seat on UNESCO board and rights panel
March 7, 2012
Country
China
Issue 348: UN Watch Slams Iran, Pakistan & China
Beijing fires back: “Liu Xiaobo committed crimes against the state” UN Watch testimony before the UN Human Rights Council, 19th Session, March 2, 2012,
March 6, 2012
Hillel Neuer
Issue 347: On Syria, the U.N. Human Rights Council Has Been Wrong for So Long
Today’s urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on Syria concluded with a resolution criticizing Syria’s widespread violations, yet fell short of calling on Assad to
March 1, 2012
Hillel Neuer
Outrage: UN rights council readies resolution praising Qaddafi regime’s human rights record
PRESS RELEASE NGO urges EU, US, UN rights chief to oppose “fraudulent review” of Qaddafi abuses GENEVA, February 27, 2011 — The independent UN Watch
February 27, 2012
Libya
UN to review report praising Gaddafi human rights
UN Watch calls on human rights council to cancel review on report drawn up at 2010 session, before the breakout of the Libyan civil war.
February 27, 2012
Libya
Issue 346: Old habits die hard: UN human rights council to praise Qaddafi rights record
UN Watch urges EU, US, UN rights chief to oppose “fraudulent review” of Qaddafi abuses GENEVA, February 27, 2012 — The independent UN Watch monitoring
February 27, 2012
Venezuela
Venezuela UN Ambassador rejects UN Watch protests, defends Chavez regime’s bid for seat on UN rights council
In response to UN Watch’s campaign to block the Chavez regime’s bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, the Spanish-language division of Radio
February 27, 2012
Venezuela
Venezuela UN Ambassador rejects UN Watch protests, defends Chavez regime’s bid for seat on UN rights council
In response to UN Watch’s campaign to block the Chavez regime’s bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, the Spanish-language division of Radio
February 27, 2012
Iran
Is Syrian ambassador to UN rights council planning to defect?
Tomorrow will see Foreign Ministers descend on Geneva for the opening of the first 2012 session of the UN Human Rights Council. At a recent
February 26, 2012
Pakistan
Chavez running for seat on top UN rights body
Rights groups to oppose bids by Pakistan and Venezuela for UN Human Rights Council GENEVA, Feb. 22 – The governments of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and
February 22, 2012
Venezuela
Issue 345: Outrage: Chavez seeking seat on top UN rights body
Rights groups to oppose bids by Pakistan and Venezuela for UN Human Rights Council GENEVA, Feb. 22 – The governments of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez
February 22, 2012