NGOs hail today's 'historic' UN debate on North Korean abuses
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 22, 2014 – NGOs hailed the convening today of the first-ever meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korean human rights abuses.
December 22, 2014
Country
Friday: Venezuelan pro-democracy opposition leaders in Geneva to demand international action
PRESS RELEASE Dissidents to participate in summit of Socialist International For interviews, please contact: media1@unwatch.org GENEVA, Dec 10, 2014 – Three leaders of the Venezuelan democratic opposition, Lilian
December 10, 2014
Human Rights Day: “Please Don’t Abandon Me”
Issue 518 Human Rights Day: “Please Don’t Abandon Me” GENEVA, Dec. 10 — Today, as the world marks the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration
December 10, 2014
Germany to head HRC in 2015, pledges reforms
This morning, the Human Rights Council elected its President and four Vice-Presidents for the year 2015. What was also interesting was that we have geared
December 8, 2014
Afghanistan
ICC examining U.S. military for war crimes in Afghanistan
The International Criminal Court is examining the U.S. for possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan, a move that some experts believe is unjustified and could
December 4, 2014
Nigerian Girl Escaped from Boko Haram to Headline UN Watch's 7th Annual Human Rights Summit
Issue 515 Nigerian Girl Escaped from Boko Haram to Headline UN Watch’s 7th Annual Human Rights Summit Also featuring: Leaders of protest movements and top dissidents from Iran, Ukraine,
December 3, 2014
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member
November 18, 2014
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member Third
November 18, 2014
The UN Committee Against Torture Reviews The US
Many contentious issues were raised at the examination of the United States by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on November 13–14, as rapporteurs and committee
November 17, 2014
Swiss president responds to N. Korean defectors’ appeal: won’t freeze regime bank accounts unless U.N. requests
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 7 – As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Swiss president Dider Burkhalter has written in a letter to UN Watch
November 7, 2014
Issue 514: Swiss president responds to N. Korean defectors’ appeal: won’t freeze regime bank accounts unless U.N. requests
GENEVA, Nov. 7 – As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Swiss president Dider Burkhalter has written in a letter to UN Watch that it will take no
November 7, 2014
Swiss president tells UN Watch: no action on North Korean bank accounts
GENEVA – As reported by the Wall Street Journal, UN Watch has received a letter from the president of Switzerland, responding to the group’s call to
November 7, 2014