Above: UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights Farida Shaheed What today is preoccupying the UN human rights system? Not the gross and systematic human rights
PRESS RELEASE Above: Cuban Democracy Activist Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez” (left) recently met with Senators Menendez, Nelson and Rubio on Sept. 17, 2013 Known as Cuba’s Nelson
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, December 31, 2013 – UN Watch today released its annual rating of the Top 10 Worst UN Decisions of 2013, and expressed concern
PRESS RELEASE U.N. responds: “Quite possible” that non-Palestinian situations are also used in job exams, but “quite impossible to find out which ones have been
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch: ‘We fought this fundamental injustice for 20 years; this is a rare and historic victory in the struggle to end the UN’s
PRESS RELEASE On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, UN Watch and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna present three dissidents spotlighting women’s
PRESS RELEASE Tribune de Geneve: Gurry’s Dubious Deals With Putin, China Anger WIPO Members; Technology Transfers to Iran, North Korea Spark U.S. Outrage GENEVA, Nov. 20 — In wake
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, November 18, 2013 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch issued the following statement welcoming Ban Ki-moon’s visit today to Auschwitz, the
PRESS RELEASE Reaction by UN Watch and MPs worldwide GENEVA, Nov. 12 — Today the UN General Assembly elected egregious human rights abusers China, Russia,
PRESS RELEASE Dissidents oppose candidacies of own governments; Global coalition of MPs, NGOs urge world leaders to speak out GENEVA, November 11, 2013 – Tomorrow
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, November 8, 2013 – In reaction to news reports that Jordan’s pull-out from next week’s UN human rights council election (see below)
New Report: UNHRC Candidates China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, Vietnam are “Not Qualified”; Maldives, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Uruguay are “Questionable”
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