Today the UN Human Rights Council begins voting on the draft resolutions below. Look for our regularly updated results and comments. Counterproductive Resolutions UN Declaration
GENEVA, July 2 – Despite continued killings of civilians in Syria, today the U.N.’s top human rights body devoted its entire proceedings to its ritual
UN Watch testimony before the UN Human Rights Council, 20th Session, delivered by UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer, under Agenda Item 7 “the Human rights situation
Coordinated by the human rights groups UN Watch and Freedom House, Dr. Oh Kil Nam testified before the U.N. Human Rights Council, seeking to rescue
Cuba, China and Iran immediately took the floor to protest after this speech was delivered today, seeking to delete the remarks from the record; see
As part of its agenda item on all country situations, the June meeting of the U.N.’s 47-nation Human Rights Council will devote 90 minutes tomorrow
As part of its agenda item on all country situations, the June meeting of the U.N.’s 47-nation Human Rights Council will devote 90 minutes tomorrow
Should nuclear-proliferating North Korea be president of the UN’s top arms control body? Absolutely not, said UN Watch last summer. The Geneva-based human rights group
Should nuclear-proliferating North Korea be president of the UN’s top arms control body? Absolutely not, said UN Watch last summer. The Geneva-based human rights group
In a recent visit to Zimbabwe, UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay called for sanctions to be lifted. Ms Pillay argued that the
UN rights chief Navi Pillay’s disproportionate censure of Canada before the 47-nation Human Rights Council on Monday was immediately exploited by anti-democratic regimes to divert
GENEVA, June 14 – In a meeting today between NGOs and UN Human Rights Council President Laura Dupuy Lassere, the International Commission of Jurists said they