The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is said to have worked by order of the highest official to restrict the oversight group’s access to officials and press conferences, citing the group’s firm criticism of various topics. ing.
“[Eric] Tistounet has issued orders to censor UN Watch since at least 2005,” former UNHRC official and whistleblower Emma Reilly told Fox News Digital.
“He moves them down, removes them from the list of speakers, tells the council chairman to interrupt or cut speeches if he is allowed to speak, and keeps himself and his policy in check. Censor their written statements to insulate them from criticism and openly insult Hillel. [Neuer] to all his staff. ”
UN Watch, Watchdog Groups and NGOs, sued in New York On October 7, based on leaked internal emails from the UNHRC, Tistounet, a French national who played a key role in founding the council, was biased and accused UN Watch of being disrespectful and restricted. It shows that I was working on
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The organization has proven to be a particularly harsh critic of the HRC, accusing it of the HRC’s dysfunction, double standards against Israel and China, and “dictatorial rule,” the group said. Neuer is the group’s executive director.
The United Nations Office for Human Rights told Fox News Digital that “all speaking opportunities [HRC] It will be generated automatically through a system that assigns speaking slots on a first-come, first-served basis based on the priority requested by the NGO and its registration time.
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‗In these same ways, the organization ‘UN Watch’, together with the NGO ‘Ingénieurs du Monde’, headed by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer, issued, for example, 26 statements during its 49th Congress. I was able to make an announcement. 17 statements during the 48th session and 17 statements during the 46th session of the Human Rights Council.
Specifically, the HRO claimed that during the HRC’s 50th (most recent) session, “the lack of general debate has reduced opportunities for NGOs to address the Council.”
However, Riley challenged the HRO’s view, instead arguing that Tistounet’s disdain for the UN Watch was no secret at the council.
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“I am not aware of a single rule [non-governmental organization] The involvement that Tistounet has made has been applied to UN Watch,” said Reilly. He even texted me from the Human Rights Council podium as the United Nations Watch was approaching.
“All my predecessors and successors as NGO liaison have just followed his instructions,” she added. “I was the only one who tried to apply the rules objectively. At the 50th session, the computer he was named as the person who designed the algorithm was named by UN Watch from the list of speakers of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinians.” I can assure you that it has been removed. Territory.”
The Trump administration withdrew from the UNHRC, accused the council of protecting human rights abusers, allowed them to sit on the council, and showed bias in making decisions. The Biden administration has made it a point to win the seat in 2021 and return to the council as soon as possible.
Geneva-based UN Watch is specifically chasing the UNHRC for allegedly handing over the names of dissidents from China to the People’s Republic prior to their speech at the United Nations.
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Tistounet also allegedly instructed staff to work in an Internet cafe so that they could anonymously post negative content against Neuer, adding: It was carefully placed next to his video on the Council. ”
UN Watch also lodged a complaint with UN Secretary-General António Guterres. His office did not respond to Fox News Digital inquiries by the time of publication.