The General Assembly last week chose 47 nations as the founding members of the UN’s Human Rights Council, the much-ballyhooed replacement for the discredited and
UN WATCH ENDORSEMENTS FOR ELECTIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL The list of endorsements below is followed by an explanation of the methodology used
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 3, 2006 – UN Watch today called on democratic states to block repressive regimes from winning control of the UN’s new
Democratic states must unite to block repressive regimes from winning control of the UN’s new Human Rights Council when its 47 seats go up for
Source of ratings: Freedom House, “Freedom in the World 2006,” Annual Global Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties Executive Summary: As demonstrated by the
Is it true, as the old adage goes, that “there is honor among thieves”? At the United Nations, yes. Year after year, regimes that rob
This week, 107 States gathered in Warsaw for the first Community of Democracies meeting. This meeting has borrowed what is good from the UN’s approach
In its final week, the 1999 UN Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution on the right to democracy. The international community has affirmed for