In an interview with BBC International Editor, Jeremy Bowen, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said there is a plausible case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. If intent were … Continue reading →
On 29 February 2024, the UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that, after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in Gaza which has left more than 30,000 dead, the prospect of an … Continue reading →
On 5 March, nine UN experts issued a statement declaring that Israel has been intentionally starving Gaza and that widespread famine in the besieged, brutalized enclave is imminent. They condemned the violence unleashed by Israeli forces, which killed at least … Continue reading →
The following is an extract of an article first published in PassBlue.com by Mona Ali Khalil, an internationally recognized public international lawyer with 25 years of UN and other experience, including as a former senior legal officer in the UN … Continue reading →
Israel has accused the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) of being involved in the October 7th attacks. “October 7th was a gamechanger. Because the involvement, direct involvement, of those 13 UNRWA employees in the October 7th attacks on … Continue reading →
The following report was first published by UN News. On 29 February Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that “There appear to be no bounds to – no words to capture … Continue reading →
Marissa Conway, CEO of UNA-UK, writes: This February, UNA-UK invites you to stand in solidarity with UNRWA, the The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. In January, some staff members of UNRWA were accused of involvement in … Continue reading →
Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push them “into ever smaller areas” amid “ever-intensifying violence” in likely violation of international humanitarian law, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on 26 … Continue reading →
On 26 January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, calling on Israel to “take all measures within its power” to prevent such actions and allow the entry … Continue reading →
Secretary-General António Guterres has asked the head of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, to “swiftly” investigate “extremely serious allegations” that several agency staffers were involved in the 7 October terror attacks in southern Israel. Mr. Guterres has also … Continue reading →