Fire Alarm Goes Off As Diplomats Criticize Human Rights Boss

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

NEW YORK, November 2 (C-FAM) On UN Day, an official day to celebrate the United Nations, delegates were more concerned about highlighting abuses of the High Commissioner for Human Rights than celebrating the international organization.

Navi Pillay, the highest human rights official in the United Nations, presented the annual report on the work of her office (the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR) to the General Assembly last week. Delegates, including several ambassadors, took the floor to publicly reprimand the High Commissioner and her office. Read More

Report on Intolerance Against Christians Submitted to UN Human Rights Commission

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

NEW YORK, November 2 (C-FAM) Parents in Germany seeking to educate their children with a Christian worldview have been jailed and fined for trying to exempt their children from state-mandated sex education program, according to a report by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and submitted to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). In at least three separate instances Christian parents were punished on the grounds that the government wanted to �prevent parallel societies." Homeschooling also remains illegal in Germany, regardless of parents� religious or cultural reasons for wishing to do so. Read More

Editor in Chief – Austin Ruse
Managing Editor – Wendy Wright
Assistant Managing Editor – Lisa Correnti Correspondents – Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D., Stefano Gennarini, J.D.