This week, the New York Times reported about China’s crackdown on human rights activists, particularly its harassment of, and reprisals against, activists who attend UN
GENEVA, June 12, 2017 – The chair of today’s UN Human Rights Council debate, council vice-president Amr Ahmed Ramadan of Egypt, broke with parliamentary protocol
April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release announcing Saudi Arabia’s election to the Commission on the Status of Women.
Irish FM Charlie Flanagan and Saudi official Nasser al Fawzan April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release
UN Watch Sparks Firestorm Worldwide by Revealing Saudi Arabia’s Absurd Election to UN Women’s Rights Body; Opposition Leaders Demand Answers UN Watch’s exposure of the
Scandal: internal emails reveal that Belgium instructed its diplomats to vote Saudi Arabia onto the U.N. women’s rights commission — and to make sure the
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“I regret the vote,” said Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. GENEVA, April 27, 2017 – The Geneva-based UN Watch — the non-governmental human rights
GENEVA, Feb. 13, 2017 — In a statement that has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights NGO in Geneva, expressed
Intervention by UN Watch, at the first consultation of the Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, delivered at the United
Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn (above) is the UN’s newly appointed Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). GENEVA, Jan.
PRESS RELEASE Ban Ki-moon Should Apologize to Families & Reopen Investigation EXPERT REPUDIATES U.N. REPORT, SAYS WORLD BODY IS CULPABLE Geneva, Oct. 24 – The U.N.
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