During a debate at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression expressed concern with recent attempts to limit criticism of
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world’s worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when
PRESS RELEASE French resident Francois Hollande said Assad’s envoy would be expelled — but in fact Lamia Shakkour stays in Paris as rep to UNESCO
PRESS RELEASE Petition was presented now in speech to UN Human Rights Council GENEVA, March 13 – Fifty human rights activists and a former president of
Gaza Activist Stabbed After Exposing Hamas Use of Human Shields U.N. Must Condemn Latest Hamas Brutality GENEVA, Jan. 17 – The stabbing in Gaza of
The contrast couldn’t have been any clearer at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony Sunday when it came to presenting the prize for Best Foreign Language
GENEVA, Dec. 10 – Sixty-three years ago today, at a special session in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
PRESS RELEASE North Korean ambassador So Sepyong (left) presiding over the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Geneva, August 4, 2011. Next to him is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, March 15 – The Chinese government today interrupted testimony by one of its most well-known former political prisoners in the plenary of the UN
Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann “has repeatedly abused his position to pursue his personal agenda, and in doing so he diminishes the office and harms the General
Last month, during the main annual session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Watch worked with a global coalition of 25 human
Last month, during the main annual session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Watch worked with a global coalition of 25 human
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