Above: UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights Farida Shaheed What today is preoccupying the UN human rights system? Not the gross and systematic human rights
After his six notorious years as the UN Human Rights Council’s permanent investigator of “Israel’s violations of the principles and bases of international law,” term
PRESS RELEASE Above: Cuban Democracy Activist Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez” (left) recently met with Senators Menendez, Nelson and Rubio on Sept. 17, 2013 Known as Cuba’s Nelson
On January 15th, 2014, China, a newly-elected UN Human Rights Council member, arrested distinguished Uyghur scholar and activist Ilham Tohti without specific charges, drawing swift condemnation from
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, February 2, 2014 – Pham Chi Dung, a respected independent journalist and civil society advocate, was blocked by Vietnamese authorities from leaving
Geneva, January 27, 2014. We, the undersigned human rights organizations, Whereas: Having listened to the Secretary General’s January 27th remarks upon arrival in Havana where
Wall Street Journal Live interviews UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer on the U.N. cultural agency’s decision to postpone an exhibit on the history of
Wall Street Journal Live interviews UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer on the U.N. cultural agency’s decision to postpone an exhibit on the history of
‘UNESCO Snubs Israel’s Jews’ Wall Street Journal Live interviews UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer on the U.N. cultural agency’s decision to postpone an exhibit on
For the first time, a seminar took place today at the Palais des Nation on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory
UNRWA campaign suppresses Yarmouk victims’ Palestinian identity Published on January 27, 2014 The UN agency on Palestinian refugees has launched a major campaign for Palestinians
The UN agency on Palestinian refugees has launched a major campaign for Palestinians being starved by the Assad regime in the Damsacus-area Yarmouk refugee camp.