Human Rights
- Opinion by Afghan Women's Forum
- • August 25, 2023
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As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day, on Aug. 26, Afghanistan sits in stark contrast to much progress elsewhere in the world. It’s clear that the country is going backward and that the prospects for equality for Afghan women and…
- Categories: Education, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Joe Penney
- • August 16, 2023
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In April 2021, Islamic State jihadists overran the Mozambican town of Palma, killing dozens of people and forcing a standoff between insurgents and hundreds of civilians holed up at the Amarula Hotel. The vicious insurgency that started in 2017…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Opinion by Savita Pawnday and Kate Ferguson
- • August 14, 2023
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We believe that war crimes, crimes against humanity and potentially genocide are currently being deliberately perpetrated in Sudan. We urge all of those committed to the collective responsibility to protect people from these crimes to listen to populations whose…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Anastasiia Carrier
- • August 9, 2023
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Fatima Gailani comes from a prominent Afghan family who has been working to improve life in her country since the 1980s. But under the Taliban rule since August 2021, women’s rights in Afghanistan have been particularly battered if not…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women as Changemakers
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- Opinion by Munir Akram
- • August 3, 2023
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As the sun rises over the picturesque landscape of Kashmir, it’s easy to believe that all is well in the region. But beneath the scenic beauty is a harsh and unsettling reality — composed of a military occupation, oppression…
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Arthur Bassas
- • July 25, 2023
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The United Nations Office of Counterterrorism says it is growing its offices overseas to become more efficient, but some civil society experts who follow the UN’s counterterrorism work closely remain skeptical. They contend that the new centers expand a…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Terrorism
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- Opinion by Nudhara Yusuf and Saji Prelis
- • July 24, 2023
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The creation of a United Nations Youth Office represents a chance to pilot a new model of leadership in the UN — one that at its core is power-sharing and not power-concentrating. The precedent it sets will have lasting…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 22, 2023
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Like every week, we take you behind the scenes of the UN. This week, we focus mainly on the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal and its repercussions. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 14, 2023
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You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we look at promising developments around the FSO Safer crisis,…
- Categories: Human Rights, SDGs, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Maria Luisa Gambale
- • July 11, 2023
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Russia has been blacklisted by the United Nations for committing numerous atrocities against children in Ukraine. In Secretary-General António Guterres’s recent annual report on children and armed conflict, both Russia and Ukraine are listed as “situations of concern,” but…
- Categories: Human Rights, ICC, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Agencies
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 7, 2023
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This week, we focus on Britain’s assuming the presidency of the Security Council in July, while taking a closer look at the UN’s reaction to the increasingly alarming situation in Haiti. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the…
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- Chloé Cosson
- • June 30, 2023
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The UN vocalizes more loudly its reaction to spikes in violence in occupied Palestine; Unicef’s chief travels to Haiti. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN…
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- Dawn Clancy
- • June 29, 2023
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Syrians who have spent years agonizing over the whereabouts of their jailed or disappeared relatives are one crucial step closer to clarifying the fate and whereabouts of their missing loved ones, as the United Nations General Assembly approved a…
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, Middle East
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • June 26, 2023
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It was all over in a day. The Wagner chieftain Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion against Vladmir Putin, over his dissatisfaction with the regular Russian army’s failures in Ukraine, collapsed so quickly that the United Nations Security Council, the UN General…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 23, 2023
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This week, the UN secretary-general castigates Russia for its murderous attacks on children in Ukraine; and countries move to save marine biodiversity in a new treaty. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization….
- Categories: Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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