Joint NGO Letter to United Nations Member States: Excellency, The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s (the Council) Resolution for assistance to Libya in the field of human rights (HRC …
Supporting Human Rights Accountability and Reform in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council
Joint NGO Letter to the Member States of the United Nations: Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your government to ensure that the human rights situation in Bahrain …
UAE: Human rights groups call for an end to the crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists as UPR begins
Today, the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the situation in the country continues to deteriorate. On this …
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: 31 Arab Human Rights Organizations Demand United Nations Recognize Palestinian Statehood
In 1977, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) designated 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Thirty-five years later, the human rights and humanitarian …
Letter to Ethiopia regarding Human Rights Council Candidacy
November 8, 2012 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minster P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear Prime Minister, We, the undersigned, are …
Letter to UAE regarding Human Rights Council Candidacy
November 7, 2012 H.R.H. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan President United Arab Emirates Your Majesty, We, the undersigned, are a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from around the …
‘Counter-Revolution’ at the United Nations Human Rights Council? Arab states respond to unprecedented scrutiny with attacks on rights defenders and standards
From 10-28 September, during the 21st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), an unprecedented number of governments from the Arab region came under international scrutiny and …
unhrc should not allow Israel to disregard the UN charter and undermine the credibility of international instruments 2012
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st Session Item 1 – Organizational and procedural matters Concluding remarks I thank you Madam President, I speak on behalf of Badil, MRAP, ISMUN, North-South XXI, …