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
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, January 19, 2009 — As diplomats gathered in Geneva to draft the outcome declaration for the U.N.’s upcoming world conference on racism, UN Watch,
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, January 5, 2009 — UN Watch, an independent non-govermental organization headquartered in Geneva, today called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon and human rights high
PRESS RELEASE But advocacy campaign reduces support from 108 to 85 votes Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining,
Paris, Oct. 2, 2008 — As vice-president of the Geneva NGO Special Committee on Human Rights, UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer headed an expert
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 5, 2008 — UN Watch urged European Union members and UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay to take the floor at a UN anti-racism
PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Nigeria, August 26, 2008 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over several provisions in a draft declaration set to
In its recently concluded June session, the UN Human Rights Council ruled that any references to Islamic Shar’ia law are prohibited in the council chamber.
Background On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. However, each is not
This UN Human Rights Council will today adopt a resolution on freedom of expression, renewing the mandate of the expert charged with investigating violations. The
When the alliance of fifty-six Islamic states complained to Ms. Arbour in 2005 about the cartoons in a Danish newspaper that they deemed blasphemous—and which
When the alliance of fifty-six Islamic states complained to Ms. Arbour in 2005 about the cartoons in a Danish newspaper that they deemed blasphemous—and which