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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

© CRI Padova
humanitarian law

Protecting Humanity (A.Y. 2023/2024)

being there for everyone
#Call4Peace initiative
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

#Call4Peace initiative: Open letter to European Union, through the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, "Peace for Israel and Palestine grounded in international law"

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

The Separation Wall in the occupied Palestinian Territory and behind it an Israeli settlements
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

Motorola radar detectors, Bracha Settlement, Apr 2011, Photographed by Dror
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Business behind Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): a Case Study of the Surveillance Industry

UNICEF Sud Sudan
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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
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peace

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