What happened to the emergency UN money promised for gender-based violence?
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
‘It makes you question the transparency of how these funds are actually disbursed.’ Twelve months ago, UN Secretary-General António...
UN political chief urges Taliban to be inclusive
The U.N. political chief says she had “frank and useful” discussions with a wide range of Afghans including senior Taliban officials...
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Escalating Violence, Rights Violations ‘Alarming Warning Signs’ That Should Prompt Action to Prevent Future Genocide, Secretary-General...
Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn for fueling Myanmar hate speech
Complaint claims algorithms that power the company promote disinformation that translates into real-world violence. Rohingya refugees...
Leaving Gender Out of Genocide Obscures Its Horror
As the 1948 Genocide Convention makes clear, killing isn’t the only crime. More than 75 years after the Holocaust’s horrors, the solemn...
Africa: Reproductive Health and Rights Activists From Over a Dozen Countries Unveil Call to Donors
At a virtual press briefing today, global health experts and activists — all current or senior fellows of the Aspen Institute New Voices...
Civil Society Groups Seek Urgent UN Action on Yemen
More Than 60 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism (New York) – The United Nations General Assembly...
Canada votes to ban LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’
Conservatives joined Liberals in unanimous vote, prompting applause in House of Commons Canadian lawmakers have passed a motion banning...
Myanmar: Protesters Targeted in March Massacre
Security Forces ‘Kettled’ Demonstrators, Fired on Rescuers in Hlaing Tharyar (Bangkok) – Myanmar security forces deliberately “kettled”...
Burkina Faso facing ‘multitude of challenges’ – human rights chief Bachelet
Concluding a four-day to visit Burkina Faso, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the country faces “a...
Iraq in the News
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