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Humanitarian law: Notizie

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Destruction in the Gaza Strip October 2023
© UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

OHCHR: published report on possible violations of the laws of war by Israel in Gaza

Logo UNRWA - Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite per il soccorso e l'occupazione dei rifugiati palestinesi
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

UNRWA: Report of the independent review after Israeli allegations

Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
© UNPhoto
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

UN Secretary-General urges nations to reconsider their decision to suspend UNRWA funding

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Armenia, launched its 2011 World Refugee Day commemorations in partnership with the Armenian Volunteer Corps, Birthright Armenia and the Armenian UN Association with a march and a flash mob in downtown Yerevan
© UN Armenia
War/Conflict

United Nations: Human Rights expert calls on Azerbaijan to guarantee the rights of ethnic Armenians Nagorno-Karabakh

Two girls walk past a graffiti-strewn wall in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)'s Acqba Jaber camp for Palestinian refugees, in the West Bank, located just outside of Jericho. June 2003.
© UN Photo
human rights

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel: First report released

© UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez
War/Conflict

WHO is gathering evidence for a possible war crimes investigation into attacks by Russia in Ukraine

© United Nations Office for Children and Armed Conflict
Children

UN Security Council: six grave violations against children in times of war

Women and girls in South Sudan are experiencing conflict-related sexual violence
© UNICEF
United Nations

UN report: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan

Aid teams wade through flood water to transport food and feminine hygiene kits to distribution points for displaced communities in Pibor, South Sudan.
© UNICEF/UNI224894/De La Guardia
education

Children in Sudan need more humanitarian assistance than ever before

Logo Ufficio per il coordinamento degli affari umanitari delle Nazioni Unite - OCHA
human rights

United Nations: humanitarian aid in Haiti must respect Human Rights

World Humanitarian Day
refugees

Memorial Ceremony at OHCHR in remembrance of those killed in the service of human rights

Michelle Bachelet (on screen), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the 30th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the “Grave Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”, at Palais des Natio
© HRC
peace

Human Rights Council Establishes International Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel

Guantanamo camp
human rights

Close ‘disgraceful’ Guantánamo camp – UN experts urge incoming US administration

Seafarers UN photo
© UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
United Nations

UN calls for action from the global business community to help end the humanitarian crisis of seafarers

Items are left behind at the port of Lampedusa from a boat of Tunisian migrants who were lost at sea for over four days. The island of Lampedusa, Italy, has long been a migratory hub due to its proximity to North Africa.
© UN Photo/UNHCR/Phil Behan
Italy

The UN Refugee Agency expresses concern about the conversion into law of the security decree by the Italian Parliament