Questions on the Impartiality of the U.N. Tomuschat Committee A Report by UN Watch Submitted to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 21 October 2010 Click here for full document EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The U.N. Human Rights Council’s newly-renewed committee to enforce the Goldstone Report, headed by German …
GOLDSTONE II Questions sur l’Impartialité du Comité Tomuschat des Nations Unies Rapport réalisé par UN Watch Soumis au Haut Commissaire aux Droits de l’Homme de l’ONU Genève, 21 Octobre 2010Pour le rapport original …
Joint Analysis by Freedom House and UN Watch Presented at United Nations Headquarters, May 4, 2010 PDF Version Analysis On May 13, 2010, the UN General Assembly will vote to fill 14 of the 47 Human Rights Council seats in the annual rotation of membership. Fourteen countries have presented themselves as …
With Recommendations for U.S. Government Action Click here for PDF of full report SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS Only 13 of 47 HRC Members Voted Positively. Out of 47 HRC member states, only a minority of 13 had positive voting records in our study of actions taken on 30 key resolutions adopted in the past year. In …
Click here for full document (PDF) Summary UN Watch requests that Prof. Christine Chinkin recuse herself from the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict on the grounds that she has already pronounced herself on the merits of the particular question to be decided by the Mission, thereby giving …
Joint Analysis by Freedom House and UN Watch Presented at United Nations Headquarters, May 5, 2009 PDF Version Background On May 12, 2009, the UN General Assembly will elect 18 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. However, each is not competing against all of the others, but rather …
Report by UN Watch February 6, 2009 The Report in PDF Form Key Findings and Recommendations 1. The primary innovation of the UN Human Rights Council is its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, which is meant to review the human rights records of all 192 UN member states, once every four years. According to …
Country scorecard and evaluation of the Universal Periodic Review system of the U.N. Human Rights Council Mutual Praise Society: The Report in PDF A Report by UN Watch February 6, 2009 Key Findings and Recommendations 1. The primary innovation of the UN Human Rights Council is its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) …
Updated Analysis of New Dec. 26, 2008 Draft PDF Version Summary This report examines the new draft Declaration for the Durban II racism conference, released by the UN on 26 December 2008, measured according to the red lines established by the European Union for participation in the gathering to be held on April …
The State of Human Rights at the United Nations Scorecard and Report on the UN Human Rights Council Presented at the United Nations December 10, 2008 Full Text PDF Version Executive Summary Six decades ago, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the magna carta …
