Hillel Neuer is executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based NGO that holds the United Nations accountable to its founding principles. A Montreal-raised lawyer, Neuer has spent two decades confronting dictatorships, double standards, and moral inversion at the highest levels of international diplomacy. He spoke recently with Neil Seeman outside the University of Toronto, reflecting on what inspires him, and on how students can spot distortion and stand their ground. The conversation comes as UN Watch leads a high-stakes campaign to block former human rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s bid for UN secretary-general, with Neuer calling for a leader “willing to confront dictators, not shield them”: Read More



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