In this video recorded on 9 October 2023 at a meeting in Oxford Martin School, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, conversation with Professor Andrew Thompson discussed the UN’s role … Continue reading →
On 26 March 2024 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council in Geneva that she believes “the threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide against Palestinians as a … 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 →
On 23 February, the day before the U.N. Security Council met to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told the General Assembly “At Ukraine’s request, we intend to organize by the summer … Continue reading →
On 23 January 2024, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders Michel Forst issued the following statement: On 10 – 12 January 2024, I made my first visit to the United Kingdom since I was elected as UN Special Rapporteur on … Continue reading →
Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace … Continue reading →
The following statement was issued by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Photograph by Hassan Islyeh, UNICEF Three months since the horrific 7 October attacks, Gaza has become a place of death and despair. Tens of … Continue reading →
After a week of wrangling over the text, the UN Security Council finally agreed a resolution on the war in Gaza. See below for the full text. Its main points were that it: reaffirmed the obligations of the parties to … Continue reading →
The following statement was made in Jerusalem on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, by Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today could have been a celebration of the 75th anniversary of … Continue reading →