ELECTING THE 2018-2020 MEMBERS OF THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Ahead of the Human Rights Council elections by the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters, New York, October 16, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report evaluates the country candidates for the October 16, 2017 election of 15 new members to the …
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT Editor’s Note: following release of our report today, this image of a knife-wielding student who recited martyrdom poetry was just deleted from the UNRWA Jordan Facebook group, which has 37,000 followers. OTTAWA, April 9, 2017 – Teachers and other employees of the …
Report on Sudan’s Submission to UN Human Rights Review UN Watch May 3, 2016 This report by UN Watch analyzes Sudan’s submission to the UN about its human rights record ahead of its appearance on May 4, 2016, before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a …
GENEVA, 8 APRIL, 2016 — From Brussels to Jakarta, Paris to Lahore, Istanbul to Tel Aviv, ordinary civilians’ lives have been ripped apart by the scourge of global terror in recent months. The Geneva Conference for Preventing Violent Extremism held on April 7 and 8 2016, which saw governments and …
UN Taps Radical UK Prof to be Investigator of Israel Penny Green Calls for Boycott of “Criminal” Israel, is Ranked First as UNHRC to Name Impartial Investigator of “Israel’s Violations” GENEVA, March 10, 2016 — The UN Human Rights Council’s vetting committee has …
Above: UNRWA’s “Certificate of Ethics” for teacher who posts on Facebook that “Zionists and Jews” are “sons of apes and pigs.” GENEVA, November 30, 2015 – Despite prior promises by UNRWA, the Palestinian relief agency, to put an end to online incitement by its …
Rights Groups Also Oppose Election of Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Togo NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2015 — Human rights groups published a new report today calling on UN member states to oppose the re-election tomorrow of Venezuela, Pakistan and UAE to the UN Human Rights Council, as well as the election of Burundi, …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [UPDATE, Oct. 19: Despite all of the links and screenshots below, the UN spokesman said Friday that it “remains to be seen” if UNRWA officials are engaged in incitement.] GENEVA, October 16, 2015 – At least ten different UN staffers are using the imprimatur of their official …
GENEVA, September 1, 2015 – UN Watch released a new report today documenting 12 different Facebook accounts operated by UNRWA officials (see images below) that openly incite to antisemitism and terrorism, and urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNRWA chief Pierre Krähenbühl to terminate the …
Ahead of Debate on Gaza Report, UN Watch Releases Evidence of Systematic Bias at UN’s Top Rights Body GENEVA, June 25, 2015 – In the nine years of its existence, the UN Human Rights Council has condemned Israel more times than the rest of the world combined, revealed UN Watch today, ahead of a new …
