On September 16, 2019, pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Tanya Chan called on the top human rights body to investigate the “brutal crackdowns and preemptive violence” by police. Her speech urging High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to establish a commission of inquiry has been reported across …
(Source: Algemeiner,”UN Watchdog: Aid Cuts Should Be ‘Part of a Focused US Strategy to Reform and Ultimately Dismantle UNRWA,’” March 15, 2018) by Benjamin Kerstein The head of a prominent UN monitoring group expressed hope on Thursday that recent US cuts to the global body’s Palestinian refugee …
(Source: City AM, “In light of the Haiti prostitution scandal, should Oxfam lose UK government funding?,” February 13, 2018) In light of the Haiti prostitution scandal, should Oxfam lose UK government funding? YES – Hillel Neuer, executive director of United Nations Watch Oxfam betrayed the very …
UN Watch in the News February 3, 2008 – Calgary Herald Human rights are just that — rights for all humans, regardless of political ideology, ethnicity, religion or other category. That simple message seemed at first to be lost on Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, when she …
UN Watch in the News George Jonas, National Post February 2, 2008 Family legend tells of my Victorian grandmother being urged to vote for a certain chief of gendarmerie in her district. “He’ll be impartial,” the campaign worker cajoled her. “Impartial is nice,” my grandmother …
UN Watch in the News Susan Martinuk February 1, 2008 The international community has long considered Canada to be a leader in promoting human rights at home and defending human rights around the world. So, in 2004, it came as no surprise that the United Nations appointed Canada’s Louise Arbour, a Supreme …
UN Watch in the News John Robson, Ottawa Citizen February 1, 2008 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has effectively endorsed the destruction of Israel. Which tells you all you really need to know. It tells you all you need to know about the UN, that’s for sure. From “Zionism is Racism” …
UN Watch in the News Editorial February 1, 2008Louise Arbour should have known better. In her long career as a prosecutor of war criminals and a justice of Canada’s Supreme Court, she should have developed an ear for nuance and an alertness to coded messages — but apparently she did not. Her flip-flop …
UN Watch in the News – Confirmation of UN Watch report by Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Switzerland’s newspaper of record Ziegler’s Libya Connection Controversy over Swiss candidate for the Human Rights Council Switzerland recommended Jean Ziegler as human rights expert for the UN. Ziegler’s …
