At UK Parliament, UN Watch Releases Database Exposing Who Funds UN's Human Rights Experts
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In recent weeks, the way UN special rapporteurs are funded has been a subject of public debate. They serve as rapporteurs in various roles, such as dealing with minorities, terrorism, and freedom of expression. A frequent critic of the funding of rapporteurs is the non-profit organization UN Watch and its director, Hillel Neuer, who criticizes UN rapporteurs in connection with authoritarian states and criticism of Israel.
Leftist foundations quietly fund UN rights 'experts': watchdog
U.N. “human rights” experts are taking six-figure donations from leftist nonprofit groups without properly disclosing them all, a watchdog group alleges. Research unveiled by the Geneva-based UN Watch on Monday traced funding from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation to current and former U.N. special rapporteurs. The watchdog raised concerns that such […]
At UK Parliament, UN Watch Releases Database Exposing Who Funds UN's Human Rights Experts
Investigation exposes opaque backing from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, and dictatorships; UN Watch urges overhaul of ‘broken system’ LONDON, October 19, 2026 — At the British Parliament today, UN Watch launched the first-ever database tracking outside funding of UN human rights experts, exposing significant disclosure gaps involving politically-engaged foundations and governments including […]
by Anna Balestrieri At the British Parliament, the organisation led by Hillel Neuer denounces gaps in the transparency of funding to the UN Special Rapporteurs. In view of the contributions from China, Russia, Qatar and private foundations. Among the names mentioned also Francesca Albanese, for which UN Watch estimates over 2.5 million dollars of support. The article Who finances the UN experts? A Watch presents in London a database of 88 millio…
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