
Reform or Regression?: An Assessment of the New UN Human Rights Council
Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 I. Introduction 4 II. Council Responsibilities 9 III. Assessment 10 A. Membership 10 B. Ending Politicization and Selectivity 12

Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 I. Introduction 4 II. Council Responsibilities 9 III. Assessment 10 A. Membership 10 B. Ending Politicization and Selectivity 12

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 29, 2006 – With increasingly alarming news coming out of the Darfur region of Sudan, UN Watch today launched an urgent global campaign calling

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 28, 2006 — UN Watch today demanded that the U.N. investigate new allegations that its UNIFIL mission in Lebanon was providing

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 11, 2006 – For the second time in a month, the UN Human Rights Council is today holding an emergency Special Session to

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 3, 2006 – UN Watch today condemned the U.N.’s racism panel for suspending its work to hold a special session on “the humanitarian crisis

World powers gathering today in Rome agreed in principle to establish an international force in Lebanon, to be authorized by a UN mandate. While this

PRESS RELEASE For media inquiries, please telephone +41-22-734-1472 or click here. UN Rights Council Slams Israel Again Geneva, July 6, 2006 – UN Watch commended the 11 democratic

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, July 5, 2006 – UN Watch condemned the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to single out Israel for denunciation in a special session to be

PRESS RELEASE For media inquiries, please telephone +41-22-734-1472 or click here. For the final results of the special session, see “UN Rights Council Slams Israel Again,”

The first-ever “special session” of the UN’s new Human Rights Council was convened by the Arab Group today to censure Israel for alleged human rights

July 3, 2006 Below is our Report Card grading the performance of the UN Human Rights Council’s inaugural June 2006 session, which has just concluded.