PRESS RELEASE Victims Groups and NGOs Protest Swiss Nomination and Upcoming Election of Jean Ziegler Geneva, April 11, 2006 – An international coalition of 15 human rights
La Commission est mort. Vive le Conseil! Listening to the eulogies at last week’s official funeral in Geneva for the UN Human Rights Commission (1946-
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 20, 2006 – Three human rights groups today urged the President of the General Assembly and the United Nations to reject last-minute
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Jan 16, 2006 – The U.N.’s much derided Commission on Human Rights, slated to be replaced soon by a proposed new council,
Source of ratings: Freedom House, “Freedom in the World 2006,” Annual Global Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties Executive Summary: As demonstrated by the
The following is the transcript of a debate on CNN International’s “Diplomatic License” program, as first aired globally on December 2, 2005. Hosted by CNN’s
On Dec. 2, 2005, CNN featured Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, in a televised debate with Zimbabwe’s UN Ambassador, Boniface Chidyausiku, on “Diplomatic License,” the network’s
Key Findings Jean Ziegler, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food, is abusing his mandate to further his extreme anti-American political agenda at
After Zimbabwe was accused yesterday of rights abuses by an international coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) led by UN Watch, the Mugabe government’s Geneva representative
With the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights more than a month away, the traditional furor at its hypocrisies has come early.
As the year 2004 comes to a close, all discussion at the United Nations is overshadowed by two seemingly unrelated events: a corruption scandal bearing
News: The UN Security Council meeting in Nairobi last week — the first such gathering outside New York in almost two decades — adopted a resolution