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Will the Human Rights Council’s Rare Steps to Combat Racism Make a Difference?

July 29, 2020 
by Peter Splinter
GENEVA — In early June, some family members of victims of police killings in the United States and more than 600 civil society organizations worldwide wrote to the United Nations Human Rights Council to request that it urgently hold a special session on the US. They did so in reaction to the grave human-rights crisis …

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The Future of Nuclear Arms Control: Time to Change Course

July 14, 2020 
by Angela Kane and Noah Mayhew
Sergei Ryabkov of Russia on left, with Marshall Billingslea of US
VIENNA — As Russian and American leaders have gathered once more here to discuss bilateral arms control, some experts wonder if arms control is outdated. Earlier this year, Chris Ford, a United States official for international security and nonproliferation, said that discussions on arms control amounted to mere “nuclear identity politics,” and Russia’s Vladimir …

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Peacekeeping Bosses Should Be Chosen by the UN and Not the Paymasters

July 7, 2020 
by Kseniya Oksamytna and Vincenzo Bove and Magnus Lundgren
Leaders of United Nations peacekeeping operations comprise an important and unique category of high-level officials in the world body. They have a difficult and often thankless job of trying to manage “Christmas tree” mandates handed down by the Security Council while keeping great powers and national authorities happy. Along the way, these leaders enjoy …

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How the US Enabled Aggressions by China and Russia at the UN

February 24, 2020 
by Geoffrey Roberts
For the last decade, Western democracies and human-rights defenders have been locked in a tense struggle with authoritarian great powers at the United Nations. Since 2009, Russia and China have waged a highly successful campaign to dismantle the international human-rights system, particularly through the Human Rights Council. The two countries have made strides especially …

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Will the UN-75 Declaration Signify More Than a Birthday Party?

February 17, 2020 
by Richard Ponzio
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres used his annual State of the World speech to the General Assembly last month to outline his 2020 priorities. He stressed four threats to progress in the 21st century: growing geostrategic tensions and mass violence in fragile states, creating an unprecedented refugee crisis; the climate catastrophe; rising mistrust …

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Myanmar’s Silence on Rape Against Rohingya Is Cruel and Dangerous

January 21, 2020 
by Akila Radhakrishnan
Last month, the world was struck by an unusual image — that of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi — standing in court to defend and deny genocide. What was striking was not only what she and Myanmar’s legal team said but also what wasn’t said: the total failure of Myanmar …

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Can UN Development Be Reformed? Not at This Rate

January 6, 2020 
by Stephen Browne
UN Development Program Cambodia Workshop August 2019
GENEVA — Like his predecessors, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has been pushing a reform program to help the organization adjust to the demands of contemporary global governance. Over nearly 75 years, the UN has innovated and adapted. At first, humanitarian assistance was not envisaged to go beyond the needs of people displaced by …

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For South Sudan, the Promise of Full Dialogue Lies Ahead

December 17, 2019 
by Andrea Bartoli
ROME, Italy — The clock is ticking for South Sudan. Many powerful players in the international community have expressed openly their disappointment at the reluctance of South Sudan power-brokers to resolve their violence-prone country. Meanwhile, the people of South Sudan are clearly signaling their readiness for peace and their support for new approaches that …

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‘Sextortion’: The Worst Form of Corruption Across the Globe

December 13, 2019 
by Frank Vogl
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For more than a year, a BBC television team went undercover at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana, where young female students are routinely extorted by professors. They are vulnerable because they either seek to gain admission to the universities or to secure good grades to allow them …

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It’s Time to Increase Parliaments’ Engagement With Human Rights

December 5, 2019 
by Brian Chang and Murray Hunt
As protection of human rights seems to be sliding everywhere, the international human-rights system has responded by focusing on national implementation, to ensure that states’ international commitments are translated into meaningful changes felt by people on the ground. While often overlooked, parliaments can provide a critical link between global agreements and domestic progress on …

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The New Boss at the UN’s Nuclear-Power Watchdog Is Inheriting Many Problems

December 1, 2019 
by Tariq Rauf
VIENNA, Austria — Ensconced near the Danube River in this European city is the headquarters of the world’s single-most important means of ensuring safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear energy. Created in 1957, four years after United States President Dwight Eisenhower delivered his famous “Atoms for Peace” speech at the United Nations, the International …

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Rape Prosecution Must Drive the New Rohingya Genocide Court Case

November 25, 2019 
by Susan Hutchinson
The recent case lodged by The Gambia with the International Court of Justice against Myanmar’s persecution of the Rohingya is the first time that rape will be prosecuted as genocide at the court, which is based in The Hague. The case has the potential to enhance feminist international law, while reinforcing the need to …

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Myanmar’s Neighbors Must Build Trust Among Rohingya Refugees

November 10, 2019 
by Noeleen Heyzer
At the 33d summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore last year, the issue of Myanmar’s Rakhine/Rohingya crisis was high on the agenda. The chairman’s closing statement expressed the group’s readiness to support Myanmar in repatriating refugees by conducting a needs-assessment overview in Rakhine State. The Muslim Rohingya had fled ethnic …

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