The Canadian Behind Watchdog That Holds UN to Account

Hillel Neuer takes UN members to task for human rights abuses

Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, speaks at the 2015 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland on Feb. 24, 2015. Courtesy Hillel Neuer

Montreal born-and-bred Hillel Neuer is on a mission to hold the United Nations to account, while calling out member states’ human rights abuses or inaction on atrocities.

The executive director of Geneva-based UN Watch recently reiterated his criticism of China’s seat at the UN Human Rights Council, saying in a tweet that the UNHRC “will adopt 0 resolutions on that country’s gross and systematic human rights abuses.”