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More than 87 years later, Rabbi Schneier told a UN panel in New York that the memory has never left him. It shaped a lifelong conviction, he said in a video recording: an attack on a community’s house of worship strikes at the very heart of its faith. His message was one of mutual respect and acceptance, and a call… Read More

Bruno Lemarquis is the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan. He is also the UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. ‘Severe and sweeping’ Women and girls continue to suffer from “severe and sweeping” restrictions on their freedoms, being deprived of many spaces to learn, work and participate in public life, Mr. Lemarquis stressed.  In particular, the restriction… Read More

“If an officer says, ‘Come into my bedroom,’ she must go in, otherwise she would be disobeying an order from her superior,” she told UN News. Her investigation into sexual violence inside the military has won her the 2026 Breach/Valdez Award for Journalism and Human Rights. It has also made her a target, in one of the most dangerous countries… Read More

Mohammad el Shami, a staff member of the UN human rights office in Yemen, had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities since 6 June 2024. His family say he died more than a month ago but were told only recently. “Mohammad’s family has not received any explanation of the cause or circumstances of his death – they… Read More

What you need to know The new declaration will be submitted for formal adoption at the General Assembly Adopted in South Africa in 2001, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action is a blueprint for stamping out racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance From a rise in racist speech, to calls for reparations for colonialism and slavery, delegates lauded progress so… Read More

Despite civilians’ willingness to return home, continued Israeli military activity and presence in the south are making it very difficult, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists on Friday.  This week alone, further demolitions, fires and strikes by Israeli forces were reported across Southern Lebanon, both within the so-called combat zone declared by Israel – from which residents were ordered to… Read More

OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims to increase the area of military deployment to 70 per cent of Gaza’s territory.  The relentless contraction of space has caused new displacement in areas adjacent to the “yellow line” demarcation boundary.  Military expansion, reported attacks  Over the past two weeks, OHCHR documented the westward expansion of Israeli military deployment areas… Read More