In November 2006, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan described the system of Special Procedures as “the crown jewel of the UN human rights system.” Nearly two decades later, that jewel has lost much of ...

GENEVA, May 23, 2026 — UN Watch today welcomed a U.S. appeals court ruling that reinstates Washington’s sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur accused of helping the ...

UN Watch today called on the United Nations Security Council to reject Michelle Bachelet’s bid to become the next United ...

Several democracies that previously endorsed Iran's election to a top UN body have now changed their positions by vocally ...

In response to yesterday's decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily pausing the ...

After Francesca Albanese presented her annual report, it was endorsed by Iran, Cuba, and other tyrannies, UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer took the floor to respond in the interactive dialogue, and again in ...

Canada’s foreign ministry got swiftly slapped with a Community Note on X for its misleading statement that tried to mask the fact it allowed the nomination of the Islamic Republic of Iran to a UN ...

Germany’s foreign ministry made a misleading statement on X.com (see details below) to mask the fact it allowed the nomination of the Islamic Republic of Iran to a UN committee that addresses critical ...

UN Watch was quoted by media outlets around the world in April 2026 on numerous topics, including the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nomination to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination, which ...

GENEVA, April 10, 2026 — UN Watch, the independent Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations, today called on Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, ...

In a historic and emotionally charged moment at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jasem Aljuraid (representing United Nations Watch) delivered a speech that flipped the script on “Agenda Item 7 ...