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Human Rights Watch Expels Top U.N. Official Richard Falk
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 9:50 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, Dec. 18 – Human Rights Watch has just expelled top U.N. official Richard Falk from one of its committees, where he helped played a key role in the organization's global work. More >>
Human Rights Day Mar: Election of Slave-holding Mauritania
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:23 pm | UN Watch
Human Rights Day Marred by Election of Slave-holding Mauritania as VP of UN Human Rights Council More >>
Despite Military Atrocities, Ivory Coast Elected Vice-Chair
Monday, 10 December 2012, 12:04 pm | UN Watch
MEDIA RELEASE Despite Military Atrocities, Ivory Coast Elected as UN Disarmament Commission Vice-Chair GENEVA, Dec. 5, 2012 -- Despite massive abuses by its military recently committed during a brutal crackdown, Côte d’Ivoire was elected yesterday ... More >>
40 MPs & NGOs protest Chavez election today
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 12:41 pm | UN Watch
40 MPs & NGOs protest Chavez election today to U.N.'s top rights body Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda Contact: media1@unwatch.org Tel: +41 22 ... More >>
Outrage: U.N. Elects Genocidal Sudan to Human Rights Body
Monday, 12 November 2012, 4:41 pm | UN Watch
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 -- UN Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group, called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon, rights commissioner Navi Pillay, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice and the EU’s Catherine Ashton to condemn today’s U.N. election of ... More >>
U.N. Election Tomorrow: Chavez & Pakistan to Win
Monday, 12 November 2012, 2:11 pm | UN Watch
MEDIA RELEASE U.N. Election Tomorrow: Chavez & Pakistan to Win -- But U.S. May Lose -- U.N. Human Rights Council Seats More >>
Global Appeal Opposes Pakistan Bid to Join UN Rights Council
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 12:21 pm | UN Watch
As the UN Human Rights Council prepared to review Pakistan today in Geneva, the non-governmental group UN Watch took the following actions today: UN Watch published a new 16-page report, "In Praise of Pakistan," demonstrating how the last Council review of Pakistan ... More >>
UN rights council criticized
Saturday, 22 September 2012, 1:05 pm | UN Watch
UN rights council criticized for featuring allegedly corrupt official on today's Nelson Mandela Day panel Australian WIPO chief Francis Gurry is accused of vote-buying, embargoed tech transfers to Iran and North Korea, and obstructing U.S. congressional ... More >>
Suspension Of Syria Sparks Renewed Call To Expel Assad
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 10:47 am | UN Watch
MEDIA Release OIC Suspension Of Syria Sparks Renewed Call To Expel Assad From U.N. Human Rights Committee More >>
It's Official: Sudan's Al-Bashir Regime Running Uncontested
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 11:24 am | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE It's Official : Sudan's Al-Bashir Regime Running Uncontested for Seat on U.N.'s Human Rights Council More >>
UNHRC: Sudan's Al-Bashir, Indicted for Genocide, Nominated
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 12:07 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE Outrage: Sudan's Al-Bashir, Indicted for Genocide, is Nominated for Seat on UN Human Rights Council Rights group UN Watch urges Ban Ki-moon and rights chief Pillay to speak out More >>
Iran elected to top post at UN Arms Trade Treaty conference
Sunday, 8 July 2012, 2:37 pm | UN Watch
Iran was elected to a top post on the UN Arms Trade Treaty conference, revealed UN Watch today. The Geneva-based human rights group is calling on UN chief Ban Ki-moon to condemn the selection of the Tehran regime. More >>
New U.N. inquiry to examine Israeli actions, not Arab
Saturday, 7 July 2012, 12:58 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 6 - As the UN Human Rights Council's sixth inquiry into alleged Israeli violations began today, the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed concerns over its lack of balance, noting the mandate's failure to examine violations by the ... More >>
U.N. Censures Syria But Waters Down Rejection of Assad
Saturday, 7 July 2012, 12:53 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE U.N. Censures Syria But Waters Down Rejection of Assad's 2013 Bid for Human Rights Council Seat More >>
Syria Running for UN Human Rights Council, Says U.S.
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:01 pm | UN Watch
U.S. and EU urged by Russia, China, Cuba to water down draft U.N. resolution opposing Syria's candidacy; vote is tomorrow in Geneva More >>
U.N. Rights Body Defies U.S. with "Right to Peace"
Friday, 6 July 2012, 2:58 pm | UN Watch
Press Release First Time: U.N. Rights Body Defies U.S. with "Right to Peace" Resolution Giving Legitimacy to Terror More >>
Clash at U.N.: U.S. defends rights group
Monday, 2 July 2012, 3:20 pm | UN Watch
Clash at U.N.: U.S. defends rights group from fist-banging Cuba, China, Russia & Pakistan, after calls to expel abusers from U.N. rights council Concerted U.N. speeches slam Chavez bid for rights council seat; dictatorships urged "striking NGO statement ... More >>
UN slams Canada & Switzerland for restricting demonstrations
Monday, 25 June 2012, 3:29 pm | UN Watch
For the second time this week, an official of the U.N.’s top human rights body delivered a plenary address categorizing Canada with major violators of human rights, saying that a Quebec law on demonstrations was among eight in the world that are ... More >>
UN must expel Syria from human rights committee
Saturday, 2 June 2012, 1:29 pm | UN Watch
MEDIA RELEASE 55 NGOs: UN must expel Syria from human rights committee French resident Francois Hollande said Assad's envoy would be expelled -- but in fact Lamia Shakkour stays in Paris as rep to UNESCO human rights committee GENEVA, June 1 – Today's ... More >>
Chinese Dissident Addresses UN Rights Council Members
Sunday, 27 May 2012, 11:35 am | UN Watch
Top Chinese dissident Dr. Yang Jianli was awarded the 2012 Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award by UN Watch on Wednesday night, in the presence of more than 150 ambassadors, U.N. officials, human rights activists and community leaders. More >>
