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Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, UNICEF - 30.07.24
🎦 WHO and UNICEF on Gaza
Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians - 31.07.24
A new UN report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of serious violations that may amount to torture.
Geneva Press Briefing: OCHA, UNHCR - 26.07.24
🎦 The UN Humanitarian Affairs agency's update on the response to landslides in Ethiopia; 🎦 the UN Refugee agency on action after tragic shipwreck off Mauritania and on 73 years of the Refugee Convention, urging universal accession
Deadly Atlantic shipwreck shows victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agency - 26.07.24
News of another deadly shipwreck tragedy off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication of the desperation people on the move continue to face as they attempt to escape strife, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Happening at UN Geneva
75th Session of the International Law Commission
The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly, in 1947, to undertake the mandate of the Assembly, under article 13 (1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification".
