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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
United Nations
Israel
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
Israel
UN Watch in the News — February 2022
UN Watch was quoted in multiple media outlets during February 2022 on topics including: UN Watch demands resignation of anti-Israel UN inquiry chair; UNHRC delays
March 30, 2022
Antisemitism
Report: UN to name investigator on Israel who compares it to Nazi Germany
GENEVA, March 29, 2022 — The U.N. Human Rights Council is planning to violate its own impartiality rules by appointing a new investigator on Palestinian
March 29, 2022
Human Rights
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
Human Rights
“Country that commits war crimes has no place on UN Human Rights Council,” Ukraine’s Svitlana Zalishchuk tells UN
Svitlana Zalishchuk, a foreign policy advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, today addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a joint statement
March 22, 2022
Human Rights
Venezuela must be expelled from UN rights council, watchdog urges in special debate
In a UNHRC debate on Venezuela’s human rights record, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer took the floor to call for the Maduro regime to
March 18, 2022
Human Rights
María Corina Machado calls out Maduro human rights violations to UN rights council
The following testimony was delivered by María Corina Machado, on behalf of UN Watch, before the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council,
March 18, 2022
Antisemitism
Palestinian Apartheid Exposed at U.N. Inquiry
Geneva, March 9, 2022 – The Geneva-based human rights organization UN Watch announced today that it has submitted a 34-page report on Palestinian apartheid to a United Nations commission
March 10, 2022
Human Rights
UN Debate: Hillel Neuer calls out Lavrov’s lies on Ukraine war
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor at the United Nations Human Rights Council to set forth a 5-point plan on how the UN could
March 9, 2022
Human Rights
Exclusive: UNOPS warns staff not to share even UN posts on Ukraine that use ’stronger’ language
The UN’s global agency for operations has warned staff from sharing even official UN posts on Ukraine which adopt strong language. See below the March
March 8, 2022
