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Geneva’s Midnight Secret: Reform’s Missed Deadline
Geneva has many secrets, and now there is one more. Diplomats, activists and journalists close to the UN Human Rights Council have been covering up
June 22, 2007
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Consensus Declared—Whether Canada Consented Or Not
For possibly the first time in the history of the United Nations, one of its major bodies has ruled that a consensus vote was achieved
June 20, 2007
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Castro and Lukashenko to Celebrate Human Rights Council Reform Package
Dictators Fidel Castro of Cuba and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus will be celebrating the UN Human Rights Council’s likely adoption tomorrow of a reform package
June 17, 2007
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Excerpt from UN Human Rights Council President’s Text, 17 June 2007
UN Documents Excerpt from UN Human Rights Council President’s Text, 17 June 2007 Agenda and Framework for the Program of Work I. Principles o Universality
June 17, 2007
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UN Watch Statement on Follow-Up UNHRC 5th Session 13 June 2007
Testimony at the UN UN Watch Statement on Follow-Up UNHRC 5th Session 13 June 2007 Delivered by M.P. Professor Irwin Cotler Click here for French (below)
June 13, 2007
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Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance
Testimony at the UN Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance Speech before UN
June 11, 2007
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Dawn of a New Era?
CLICK HERE FOR THE REPORT – PDF Executive Summary The new UN Human Rights Council was inaugurated last year amid great fanfare and high expectations. Proponents hailed
May 7, 2007
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Evaluation of 2007 – 2010 UN Human Rights Council Candidates: Joint Analysis by Freedom House and UN Watch May 4, 2010
PDF Version Background and Methodology On May 17, 2007, the UN General Assembly will elect 14 new Human Rights Council members. Fifteen countries are candidates.
May 7, 2007
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Evaluation of 2007–2010 UN Human Rights Council Candidates
Joint Analysis by Freedom House and UN Watch May 4, 2010 The Report in PDF Form Background and Methodology On May 17, 2007, the UN
May 7, 2007
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Dawn of a New Era? Assessment of the United Nations Human Rights Council and its Year of Reform
A Report by UN Watch May 7, 2007 The Report in PDF Form Executive Summary The new UN Human Rights Council was inaugurated last year amid
May 7, 2007
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UN Watch Director Speaks on Heritage Foundation Panel
Washington, May 3, 2007 — UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer today participated in a panel discussion on the UN Human Rights Council at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
May 3, 2007
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‘I Will Not Express Thanks’
‘I Will Not Express Thanks’ Editorial of The New York Sun | March 30, 2007 Every once in a while there comes a diplomatic moment
March 30, 2007