As so often at the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council, some interventions by states go unnoticed, but one in particular — Russia’s — must be called out
Russia seeks to gag UN high commissioner on human rights
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Florian Irminger
Florian Irminger
Florian Irminger is the Head of Advocacy at Human Rights House Foundation
A club of censors at the United Nations
In a discretion well known to diplomatic circles, the United Nations so-called Committee on NGOs is meeting in New York this week. It is to select which NGOs fit the institution, Florian Irminger writes