UN Watch Blog 7/1/2008 U.N. Ruling: Islamic Sharia Taboo in Human Rights Council Debates
In its recently concluded June session, the UN Human Rights Council ruled that any references to Islamic Shar’ia law are prohibited in the council chamber. Even outgoing UN rights chief Louise Arbour, who more than once sought to appease the UN’s anti-blasphemy squads, expressed her concern.[more]
Urge the Security Council to rescind Iran's UN membership.
Issue 177 • July 16, 2008
UN to Name Next Human Rights Czar Any day now, the world's highest human rights official will be appointed. According to latest information, obtained from UN insiders in New York and Geneva, leading contenders include Navanethem Pillay, a South African judge on the International Criminal Court; Argentina’s Juan Mendez, a former UN adviser on genocide prevention; and Hina Jilani, the UN’s designated champion for human rights defenders, herself a heroic activist who suffered brutal arrest in her native Pakistan. Other mentioned candidates include individuals with questionable records. Two of these are addressed in the following op-ed by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer, which appears in the Jerusalem Post on July 14.
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