Burma (Myanmar)
UN must reject Myanmar junta’s request for credentials
The following testimony was delivered by Hannah Hyams, Morris B. Abram Fellow at UN Watch, before the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights
March 24, 2022
Country
Human Rights
Iran to join U.N. women’s rights commission
GENEVA, March 24, 2022 — Iran will tomorrow begin a 4-year term on the UN’s top women’s rights body, having been elected last year with
March 24, 2022
Human Rights
“Country that commits war crimes has no place on UN Human Rights Council,” Ukraine’s Svitlana Zalishchuk tells UN
Svitlana Zalishchuk, a foreign policy advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, today addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a joint statement
March 22, 2022
Human Rights
Venezuela must be expelled from UN rights council, watchdog urges in special debate
In a UNHRC debate on Venezuela’s human rights record, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer took the floor to call for the Maduro regime to
March 18, 2022
Human Rights
María Corina Machado calls out Maduro human rights violations to UN rights council
The following testimony was delivered by María Corina Machado, on behalf of UN Watch, before the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council,
March 18, 2022
Human Rights
UN Debate: Hillel Neuer calls out Lavrov’s lies on Ukraine war
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor at the United Nations Human Rights Council to set forth a 5-point plan on how the UN could
March 9, 2022
Human Rights
Russia’s War on Ukraine: UN Watch Speaks Out
As Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invade Ukraine in the largest military campaign on the European continent since 1945, UN Watch has been at the forefront on
February 25, 2022
North Korea
North Korea to chair UN disarmament forum on nuclear weapons, US & EU should walk out
GENEVA, January 26, 2022 — The United Nations has announced that North Korea will chair the world disarmament forum which negotiated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty,
January 27, 2022
Human Rights
Syria Praised on Human Rights at UN Review
GENEVA, January 24, 2022 — Country speakers taking the floor today at the UN Human Rights Council showered praise on Syria during a mandatory human rights review
January 24, 2022
China
Lawmakers & rights activists urge UNHRC’s Nazhat Khan to call urgent session on Hong Kong
Photo: Stand News acting Chief Editor Patrick Lam is escorted by police as they leave after the police searched his office in Hong Kong [Tyrone
December 30, 2021
China
UNHRC Chair Nazhat Khan Must Condemn Arrest of Hong Kong Activist Denise Ho, Rights Groups Urge
GENEVA, December 28, 2021 — UN Human Rights Council president Nazhat Shameem Khan should condemn today’s arrest of Hong Kong singer and pro-democracy activist Denise Ho,
December 29, 2021
China
CNN reports on Geneva Summit campaign to free Jimmy Lai
Great: CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports on our Geneva Summit campaign for jailed Hong Kong newspaper owner Jimmy Lai—who was just convicted for backing a vigil
December 12, 2021
