Human Rights
Timeline: UN Watch’s Campaign to End Slavery in Mauritania
GENEVA, May 4, 2022 — UN Watch welcomes today’s visit to Mauritania by the United Nations monitor on slavery is, where an estimated 500,000 people
May 4, 2022
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Human Rights
25 Human Rights Groups Urge U.N. Leaders to Help Release Russian Dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza
GENEVA, May 2, 2022 — A coalition of 25 human rights groups that co-sponsor the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy today called
May 3, 2022
China
UN Rules China Must Free Jailed Human Rights Activist Zhang Baocheng Who Defended Uyghurs
GENEVA, April 25, 2022 — The Swiss non-governmental human rights group United Nations Watch announced today that Chinese human rights activist Zhang Baocheng, a leader of the New
April 25, 2022
Saudi Arabia
U.N. Elects Saudi Arabia to Women’s Rights Commission
Saudi Arabia was today elected to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women for a four-year term beginning in March 2023, at the first
April 13, 2022
Human Rights
Russia’s Ouster From UN Rights Council is ‘Turning Point’
GENEVA, April 6, 2022 — The independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch, which spearheaded the campaign (see below) to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, welcomed today’s
April 8, 2022
Human Rights
UN Watch’s Successful Campaign to Expel Russia From the U.N. Human Rights Council
By a 92-24 vote, the UN General Assembly ousted Russia from its top human rights body, in wake of a sustained campaign by UN Watch.
April 6, 2022
Iran
Amnesty joins with Iran to single out Israel for “apartheid”
In a United Nations debate, after the Iranian regime, Syria, Venezuela, and Amnesty International accused Israel of “apartheid,” UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor
April 4, 2022
Hillel Neuer
CNN Interview: ”UN Watch Chief Calls for Removal Now of Russia from Human Rights Council”
SHARE: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram [April 4, 2022, 06:17:40 ET] BERMAN: All right. The breaking news this morning, CNN teams finding evidence of mass
April 4, 2022
Russia
New push to oust Russia from U.N. rights council
UN Watch has circulated a draft resolution for the UN General Assembly to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council, which the watchdog group entered
April 3, 2022
Iran
Axis of Iran and Amnesty International Accuse Israel of “Apartheid”
Axis of Iran and Amnesty International Accuse Israel of “Apartheid” UN Human Rights Council 49th Session, March 2022 Share: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube UN Palestine Rapporteur
March 30, 2022
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
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
