Geneva Conventions
- Anastasiia Carrier
- • December 15, 2022
Since the start of the full-fledged war in Ukraine in February, Russian forces have abducted hundreds of Ukrainians and placed them in the Russian incarceration system. Many of the people that have been seized are civilians, including children….
- Categories: Human Rights, Ukraine-Russia War
- Dawn Clancy
- • August 25, 2022
On the same day that Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from Soviet rule and six months of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the United Nations Security Council about the worldwide impact of…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 6, 2019
Even though many people think of August as vacation time, Joanna Wronecka, Poland’s ambassador to the United Nations, is not taking off anytime soon, as she is presiding over the Security Council for the month. As the Security Council…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 5, 2017
Thirty-two days in office as United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres spoke extensively to the media for the first time at UN headquarters, on Feb. 1. Indicative of the chaos gripping many parts of the world as a result of…
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 31, 2017
The public furor and enormous protests by many thousands of Americans nationwide have led experts to try to explain where the decisions made by Donald Trump fall short of legality in both national and international law. From Hollywood to…
- Categories: Cities, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Middle East, Migration, Refugees, US Foreign Relations
- Dr. Catherine Mullaly
- • July 28, 2016
Donald Trump, who has branded himself as the “law and order” candidate, is now the official Republican nominee for president of the United States, commander in chief of the most powerful military in the world and a White House…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Barbara Crossette
- • July 30, 2015
In 1973, Jesse Helms, a newly elected United States senator and an ideologue contemptuous of the United Nations, dismissive of international treaties and completely devoid of compassion for the world’s poor, put his name on an amendment to the…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Women
- Shanti Sattler
- • May 28, 2014
LONDON — Crimes of sexual violence consistently result from large-scale conflict and war around the world. Rape and enforced prostitution, among other gender-based crimes, are used as a tool to enhance violence and domination and to spread fear among…
- Categories: Gender Violence, WORLDVIEWS
- Hugh Breakey - Charles Sampford - Ramesh Thakur
- • December 10, 2012
CANBERRA, Australia — A steady rise has been occurring in the last two centuries in the proportion of civilians killed in armed conflict, either from direct violence or conflict-related hunger and disease. The international community has responded to the…
- Categories: Responsibility to Protect, WORLDVIEWS
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