Human Rights
Iran to join U.N. women’s rights commission
GENEVA, March 24, 2022 — Iran will tomorrow begin a 4-year term on the UN’s top women’s rights body, having been elected last year with
March 24, 2022
News
Human Rights
“Country that commits war crimes has no place on UN Human Rights Council,” Ukraine’s Svitlana Zalishchuk tells UN
Svitlana Zalishchuk, a foreign policy advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, today addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a joint statement
March 22, 2022
Human Rights
Venezuela must be expelled from UN rights council, watchdog urges in special debate
In a UNHRC debate on Venezuela’s human rights record, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer took the floor to call for the Maduro regime to
March 18, 2022
Human Rights
María Corina Machado calls out Maduro human rights violations to UN rights council
The following testimony was delivered by María Corina Machado, on behalf of UN Watch, before the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council,
March 18, 2022
Antisemitism
Palestinian Apartheid Exposed at U.N. Inquiry
Geneva, March 9, 2022 – The Geneva-based human rights organization UN Watch announced today that it has submitted a 34-page report on Palestinian apartheid to a United Nations commission
March 10, 2022
Human Rights
UN Debate: Hillel Neuer calls out Lavrov’s lies on Ukraine war
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor at the United Nations Human Rights Council to set forth a 5-point plan on how the UN could
March 9, 2022
Human Rights
Exclusive: UNOPS warns staff not to share even UN posts on Ukraine that use ’stronger’ language
The UN’s global agency for operations has warned staff from sharing even official UN posts on Ukraine which adopt strong language. See below the March
March 8, 2022
United Nations
UN rights chief unable to defend appointment of BDS campaigner Navi Pillay to inquiry on Israel
SHARE: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube In a UNHRC interactive dialogue today with UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer asked her to comment on the appointment
March 4, 2022
Human Rights
Rights Group Condemns ‘Immoral’ UNHRC Delay of Ukraine Urgent Debate Until Thursday
GENEVA, February 28, 2022 — The independent non-governmental human rights organization UN Watch condemned the decision of the UN’s top human rights forum to wait until
February 28, 2022
Human Rights
Russia’s War on Ukraine: UN Watch Speaks Out
As Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invade Ukraine in the largest military campaign on the European continent since 1945, UN Watch has been at the forefront on
February 25, 2022
Antisemitism
UN nominates ‘Israel apartheid’ activist to be Palestine rapporteur
GENEVA, February 24, 2022 — A radical pro-Palestinian advocate who routinely calls Israel an “apartheid” state and equates Palestinian suffering with the Nazi Holocaust has
February 24, 2022
Human Rights
25 Human Rights NGOs Announce Activist NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom as 2022 Courage Award Winner
GENEVA, February 22, 2022 – A cross-regional coalition of 25 human rights organizations announced today that its prestigious international human rights award will go this
February 22, 2022