Human Rights
What’s going on at COSP17?
They are gathering at the largest global disability rights-focused meeting, known as the 17th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or COSP17,…
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Human Rights
First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover
That’s happening on the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, taking place…
News
Russia and sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine
One of the fundamental human rights is the right to the sexual use of one's own body, without being subjected to humiliation for reasons of trafficking, prostitution, religious, political or…
Human Rights
Hypocrisy and manipulation: The selective silence of Israel’s detractors
Those who read me know that I am not gentle with the Netanyahu government and that I defend the idea of two states (Israel and Palestine) in the Middle East.…
Culture
Nulla Accade per Caso: The Docufilm on Fabrizio Zampetti Premiered at the Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci
Discover the extraordinary journey of Fabrizio Zampetti in the docufilm Nulla Accade per Caso. Premiering at the Museo della Scienza, this film highlights Zampetti's rise in the real estate sector,…
United Nations
‘Brand new words’ needed to describe Gaza devastation, UN humanitarian says |
“No matter where you look, no matter where you go, there’s destruction, there’s devastation, there’s loss,” said Yasmina Guerda, who recently returned to Gaza for a second deployment with the…
United Nations
ICC seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu
In a statement, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh “bear criminal responsibility”…
United Nations
Rafah exodus passes 810,000, says UNRWA
“Every time families are displaced their lives are at serious risk. People are forced to leave everything behind looking for safety. But, there's no safe zone,” the UN agency for…
United Nations
UN pledges to stand with Gazans in Rafah; Guterres says ceasefire opportunity ‘cannot be missed’
Multiple news outlets have reported that Hamas's supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had confirmed the militant group's acceptance of what it stated were Israel's ceasefire terms in a phone call with…
United Nations
Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings
In its latest warning to the Israeli authorities not to pursue mass evacuation orders from eastern Rafah, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, insisted that a mass evacuation on such a…