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War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, ethnic cleansing: what do these international justice terms mean?  What are war crimes? War crimes are violations of international humanitarian law (whose perpetrators...

In 1923, the women of Wales took part in an unprecedented appeal: 390,296 women, representing 30% of the nation’s female population at the time,...

The head of the United Nations was in Brussels from 20 to 22 March for a series of meetings with heads of state and...

Researchers who worked on the World Happiness Report have found that young people in the United States, Canada, and some Western European countries have...

WMO new annual report on the state of the global climate, published on 19 March, confirms once again: 2023 was the hottest ever recorded for 174 years

To mark International Women’s Day, on 8 March, the United Nations (UN Women, UNRIC, UNFPA, OHCHR and UNESCO), the European Commission and Cinematek organized...

Mary Lawlor from Ireland has worked with human rights defenders for 20 years. She was selected as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights...

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, outlined the priorities for 2024 and beyond to the UN General Assembly on 7 February. “It is a...

The new Head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, had been at the helm of the UN shipping agency for just...

In these two years of full-scale war, the United Nations has supported all diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with the UN Charter.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reacted with emotion on Friday (16...

“We discussed the very dire humanitarian situation and conditions inside Gaza and all aspects of security affecting UN and humanitarian partners’ ability to deliver...

In his opening speech at the Security Conference in Munich, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for peace and a modern global order. Today’s...

There must be a de-escalation of tensions amid the ongoing attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, the new Secretary-General of the International...

The Israeli military operation in Gaza, following the 7 October attacks by Hamas, has become the deadliest and most dangerous conflict for journalists in...