When nations are reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), it is customary that they identify which recommendations they accept or
Five U.N. investigators of racial discrimination will be heading to the Netherlands in June, the world body has announced, following their accusations that the Dutch practice racism with
A UN committee on Palestinian rights today wrapped up a 2-day conference in Geneva where legal experts and a Palestinian cabinet minister exchanged plans on
Iran sweeps coveted UN rights posts Also elected: Russia, China, genocidal Sudan, Cuba, Pakistan, Turkey, slave-holding Mauritania NGOs protest “Black Day for Human Rights” Impact: Iran Rejects
Iran rejects ‘baseless accusations’ by U.S. envoy Samantha Power Published on April 24, 2014 Following protests by UN Watch and then the U.S. Mission about the UN’s despicable election of
Following protests by UN Watch and then the U.S. Mission about the UN’s despicable election of Iran to two human rights committees, the fundamentalist regime has fired back. The
Following protests by UN Watch and then the U.S. Mission about the UN’s despicable election of Iran to two human rights committees, the fundamentalist regime has fired back. The
PRESS RELEASE Also elected: Russia, China, genocidal Sudan, Cuba, Pakistan, Turkey, slave-holding Mauritania NGOs protest “Black Day for Human Rights” Iranian brought to the gallows in
In her recent report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay revives the bizarre charge, made by one of
North Korea submitted a report to the UN, ahead of its scheduled review, which whitewashes the widespread and systematic human rights violations committed by the