Human Rights
Durban Ad Hoc Committee: Day 1
Islamic states at the UN are once again attempting to change international law by defining criticism of Islam as a form of racism. As part
October 19, 2009
Freedom of Expression
Human Rights
U.N. Free Speech Expert Resists Islamic States’ Call for Censorship
The debate on free speech from yesterday continued today at the U.N. Human Rights Council. The controversy stems from the report by U.N. expert on
June 3, 2009
Human Rights
U.N. Free Speech Expert Resists Islamic States’ Call for Censorship
The debate on free speech from yesterday continued today at the U.N. Human Rights Council. The controversy stems from the report by U.N. expert on
June 3, 2009
Human Rights
African, Islamic groups complain about U.N. free speech report
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Pakistan speaking for the Islamic Group and Egypt speaking for the African Group voiced their concerns that the
June 2, 2009
China
Rights Group Warns Against ‘Foxes Guarding the Chickens’; Opposes U.N. Rights Council Seats for China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch Concerned About Stalled Geneva Bid for Special Session on Sri Lanka Killings New York, May 12, 2009 — The expected reelection today of
May 12, 2009
Human Rights
Evaluation of 2009-2012 UN Human Rights Council Candidates: Joint Analysis by Freedom House and UN Watch Presented at United Nations Headquarters, May 5, 2009
Background On May 12, 2009, the UN General Assembly will elect 18 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. However, each is not
May 5, 2009
Durban
Day Before Ahmadinejad to Address UN Racism Conference, Iranian Ex-Prisoner Ahmed Batebi to Appear at NGO Human Rights Summit
PRESS RELEASE Geneva Human Rights Summit on April 19th Geneva, Switzerland – The day before Iran’s President Ahmadinejad addresses the UN Durban Review Conference on
April 17, 2009
Durban
Freedom of expression, Middle East core of Durban II negotiations
This morning’s debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council, in the Intercessional Working Group for the Durban Review Conference (“Durban II”), centered on a few
April 6, 2009
Human Rights
UN Watch Leads 188 NGOs in Global Appeal for Free Speech
Islamic states win another resolution on ‘defamation of religions’; UN Watch leads 188 NGOs in global protest The Islamic states scored another win today at
March 26, 2009
Human Rights
Proposal at U.N. to criminalize ‘defamation of Islam’
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 11, 2009 — UN Watch, a human rights monitoring organization based in Geneva, denounced a new U.N. resolution circulated today by Islamic states
March 11, 2009
China
Issue 186: Mutual Praise Society
U.N. Delegates Laud Chinese Death Penalty and Internet Censorship “U.N. rights council becoming Mutual Praise Society,” says UN Watch 125-page report, featured in Reuters, Associated Press, South
February 13, 2009
Durban
U.N.’s Durban II committee censors filming in bid to enact censorship
The Russian-chaired U.N. committee in Geneva that is drafting the Durban II declaration today barred noted French author Caroline Fourest and her Arte news crew from
January 22, 2009