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 …
Key preliminary findings on the 2014 Gaza Conflict by a high level international military group as submitted to the UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry, which is expected to issue its report next week. PDF of Report & Cover Letter to UNHRC ______ HIGH LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MILITARY GROUP THE …
Joint report by UN Watch, Human Rights Foundation and the Lantos Foundation Presented at United Nations Headquarters, New York, October 28, 2015 Click here for full report Executive Summary This report evaluates the country candidates for the October 28, 2015 election of 18 new members to the U.N. Human Rights …
Presented at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Nov. 4, 2013 Click here for full report PDF Executive Summary This report evaluates the 17 countries that have formally submitted candidacies for the November 12, 2013 election of 14 new members to the UN Human Rights Council. To evaluate qualifications we …
For presentation at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Nov. 8, 2012 Click here for full report PDF Executive Summary This report evaluates the countries that have submitted candidacies for the Nov. 12, 2012 election of 18 new members to the UN Human Rights Council. To evaluate qualifications we applied the …
Click here for full report PDF As submitted to UNGA member states on May 17, 2011. Presented in a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters, New York, May 19, 2011. Executive Summary This report assesses each candidate country’s record of domestic human rights protection and its UN voting record, based on …
Prior to Chairing Probe, Said Israel Was “State Terrorist” Unwilling to Investigate GENEVA, Oct. 21 – The German law professor heading the U.N. committee to enforce the Goldstone Report has a history of comparing Israeli actions with the “barbarism” and “inferno” of …
