UN Watch advisory board member Diego Arria, the former president of the UN Security Council, was a major force advocating to hold the Maduro regime to account GENEVA, September 27, 2019 — The non-governmental human rights organization UN Watch welcomed today’s UNHRC resolution establishing a UNHRC probe to …
On September 16, 2019, pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Tanya Chan called on the top human rights body to investigate the “brutal crackdowns and preemptive violence” by police. Her speech urging High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to establish a commission of inquiry has been reported across …
Hong Kong lawmaker addresses U.N. on police brutality • UN Watch just gave the floor at the U.N. Human Rights Council to Hong Kong lawmaker Hon. Tanya Chan to speak on behalf of the pro-democracy protesters who are fighting for their freedom against Chinese control. (See full speech here: …
Hong Kong lawmaker Tanya Chan, center, was convicted under “public nuisance” charges for her role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement democracy protests. GENEVA, September 15, 2019 — Hong Kong lawmaker Tanya Chan will tomorrow address the United Nations Human Rights Council, regarding the crackdown on the …
GENEVA, September 5, 2019 — The UN in Geneva confirmed it is censoring a human rights complaint on China’s mass incarceration of Uighurs that was filed by a cross-regional coalition of more than 100 UN-accredited non-governmental organizations from numerous countries including Brazil, Canada, …
Iraq has submitted a list of voluntary pledges in its bid for re-election to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for 2020-2022. Following are five of Iraq’s most absurd claims, contrasted with the reality. Iraq’s UN Pledge #1: “Iraq strives to ensure harmony among cultures, religions and …
GENEVA, August 13, 2019 — The UN’s anti-racism committee today began a mandatory two-day review of the policies and practices of the Palestinian Authority, whose delegation responded by criticizing experts of the 18-member panel for asking about antisemitic incitement based on evidence provided by …
Below are remarks presented to the UN’s anti-racism committee, prior to its review of the “State of Palestine” for the first time today, by UN Watch Legal Adviser Dina Rovner. She twice addressed the committee to present UN Watch’s 32-page shadow report on Palestinian violations of the …
GENEVA, August 12, 2019 — One day before the “State of Palestine” undergoes its first review by the UN’s anti-racism committee, UN Watch announced its submission of a 32-page shadow report documenting gross and systematic antisemitism by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, as well as the …
August 12, 2019, GENEVA — The Swiss-based human rights group UN Watch today called on European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet to support a call for an emergency session of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council into “alarming brutality …
