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Occupied Palestinian Territories

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel: new report documents Israel's deliberate targeting of Palestinian children

Hands tied with a chain. Victim of trafficking.
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trafficking in human beings

The Women State Trafficking Report: gender-based violence suffered by migrant and refugee women in Tunisia and Libya

© UN Photo/Manuel Elias
slavery

UN General Assembly : the transatlantic slave trade recognized as the gravest crime against humanity

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Occupied Palestinian Territories

New UN report on Ethnic cleansing, violence and impunity in Gaza and the West Bank

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European Union

European Citizens’ Initiative: demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights

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international days

United nations: International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, 9 December

A group of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arrive by truck at the Zamzam camp, Sudan, 2009
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Sudan

Crisis in Sudan: rising tensions and challenges for humanitarian aid

SET Webinar "Responsibility to Protect: Just and Idea or a Tool for the Future?"
international law

Student Engagement Team (SET) Webinar: “Responsibility to Protect, just an idea or a tool for the future?”, 20 November 2025

Image of Dr. Barović with the 2025 Scholars Award for Scholarly Excellence in genocide studies from the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS).
Ph.D Programme

Alex Barović, PhD candidate in "Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance" at the Human Rights Centre is awarded the Scholars Award for Scholarly Excellence in genocide studies

A group of women in Um Baru, North Darfur.
© UNAMID/Hamid Abdulsalam
International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court convicts Janjaweed leader of crimes against humanity and war crimes war crimes in Darfur

A child holding hands with his grandfather are standing on a car and looking at the horizon. The child waves a Palestinian flag and the grandfather has a keffiyeh on his shoulders
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory: new report probe alleges Israel committed genocide

Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967 Briefs Press
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Occupied Palestinian Territories

UN Special Rapporteurs: Human rights situation in Gaza and OPT, 15 September 2025

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enforced disappearances

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, August 30

A child holding hands with his grandfather are standing on a car and looking at the horizon. The child waves a Palestinian flag and the grandfather has a keffiyeh on his shoulders
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Belgian Authorities Arrest and Interrogate Israeli War Crimes Suspects Following Complaint by Hind Rajab Foundation and GLAN

A Palestinian searches through the rubble of his home destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khuza'a, southern Gaza Strip.
© UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan
Occupied Palestinian Territories

United Nations General Assembly: New report published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel