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Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
© United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
humanitarian law

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR): published a research on the relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Man during Beirut protests with a flag from Lebanon
Lebanon

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Report on Deaths and Displacements During the Conflict in Lebanon

Aerial view of the fertile land in Sudan's Abyei region
© UN photo
South Sudan

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Report on the Situation in Sudan after three years of conflict

Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Skala Sykamias, Lesbos island, Greece. Volunteers (life rescue team - with yellow-red clothes) from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms help the refugees.
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euromed

Italy: Constitutional Court is asked to examine the law criminalising rescue at sea

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

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

UNRWA: Report of the independent review after Israeli allegations

Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
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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

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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.
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education

Children in Sudan need more humanitarian assistance than ever before

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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