United Nations
Comment on Today's UNGA Anti-Semitism Session
PRESS RELEASE UNGA must examine own record; this year has condemned Israel 20 times compared to only 3 on rest of world GENEVA, Jan. 22, 2015
January 22, 2015
Press Release
Petitions & Appeals
Rights group calls for UNHRC to expel Saudi Arabia after today's 50 lashes to rights activist Raif Badawi
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Jan. 9, 2015 – The U.S., France, Germany and the UK should lead a United Nations effort to finally expel Saudi Arabia from the
January 9, 2015
China
NGOs hail today's 'historic' UN debate on North Korean abuses
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 22, 2014 – NGOs hailed the convening today of the first-ever meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korean human rights abuses.
December 22, 2014
Geneva Summit
Friday: Venezuelan pro-democracy opposition leaders in Geneva to demand international action
PRESS RELEASE Dissidents to participate in summit of Socialist International For interviews, please contact: media1@unwatch.org GENEVA, Dec 10, 2014 – Three leaders of the Venezuelan democratic opposition, Lilian
December 10, 2014
North Korea
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member
November 18, 2014
Hillel Neuer
Swiss president responds to N. Korean defectors’ appeal: won’t freeze regime bank accounts unless U.N. requests
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 7 – As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Swiss president Dider Burkhalter has written in a letter to UN Watch
November 7, 2014
Human Rights
Iranian victims react to UN's review of Tehran's human rights record
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Oct. 31, 2014 – Iranian victims and activists who attended today’s UN review of Iran in Geneva today reacted sharply to the presentation
October 31, 2014
Geneva Summit
Today: Lawyer for executed Reyhaneh Jabarri to address UN forum day before examination of Iran's record
Survivors of Iran’s notorious Evin prison also appearing at UN Watch parallel event on eve of Iran UPR > Geneva press: Today’s side event takes place from
October 30, 2014
Mauritania
Rights abusers win coveted UN rights posts
PRESS RELEASE Elected to ECOSOC: Misogynistic Pakistan, slave-holding Mauritania, gay-bashing Uganda, repressive Zimbabwe Ban Ki-moon, Samantha Power, EU should condemn GENEVA, Oct. 30 – UN Watch today called on
October 30, 2014
Geneva Summit
Victims, activists, experts to expose violations on eve of Iran's UN review
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch’s international forum on Iran to include first lawyer of 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was executed by Iran on Saturday GENEVA, Oct. 28, 2014 – One day before
October 28, 2014
United Nations
UN Watch condemns EU majority for backing Venezuela's Security Council bid
PRESS RELEASE Neuer: “Like making a pyromaniac into the fire chief” GENEVA, October 16, 2014 – Despite Venezuela’s record of human rights abuses against judges, students and
October 16, 2014
Israel
William Schabas’ own colleague, human rights icon Aryeh Neier, calls for him to quit UN Gaza probe
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer revealed the comments in an interview with Wall Street Journal TV: click here for video GENEVA, October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014