UN racial discrimination committee urges broad slavery reparations under ICERD
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has made its boldest pronouncement ever concerning reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism and their aftermaths, saying…
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Taliban Release Two UN Staffers After Unexplained Detention
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have released two Afghan employees of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), ending a detention that lasted more than a…
Human Rights Council
UN Plea to Donors: Do Not Cut Funding for Afghan Women’s Programs
Five years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, the United Nations has issued one of its most direct warnings yet on the fate…
Security Council
UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese challenges Security Council paralysis over Gaza, West Bank
In a dramatic statement of principle, the United Nations' most senior human rights expert in charge of the occupied Palestinian territories has issued a damning…
General Assembly
Rebeca Grynspan: A Historic Frontrunner for UN Secretary-General
Costa Rican economist and former vice-president Rebeca Grynspan has emerged as the early favorite to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, positioning herself…
UN Agencies
After Israeli raid, UNRWA warns $5M in assets at risk at Jerusalem training center
The forcible entry and temporary seizure of UNRWA’s Qalandia Vocational Training Center in occupied East Jerusalem has escalated into a high-stakes dispute over the inviolability…
NGOs At UN
NGOs Face Tighter Rules as Government Imposes Compliance Deadlines
Stricter Rules and Frames NGOs are increasingly subject to stricter rules and frames that impose definite deadlines on compliance. This transformation is indicative of a…
Press Release
UNICEF Reports 300 Gaza Ceasefire Children Killed in 300 Days
When UNICEF issued a statement on 6 August 2026 that more than 300 children had been killed in 300 days since the signing of a…
Reports
UN Adds Israel and Russia to Sexual Violence Blacklist
A groundbreaking ruling that has caused a ripple effect in the world, the United Nations has placed Israel and Russia…
Report: UAE Free-Zone Betrayal 124 Corporate Enablers Defying US Sanctions on Russia and Iran
UAE Free-Zone Betrayal — IUN Watch 124Corporate Enablers 2Sanctioned Nations 45+UAE Free Zones $BnSanctions Evaded OverviewWhat This Report Exposes "The…
How Reliable Are UN Reports on Human Rights Violations?
UN human rights reports depend on frameworks of investigations which are organized in such a way that they can endure…
Whose Narrative? Contesting Data in UN Reports
United Nations was traditionally a reliable source of information in world politics whose responsibilities included coming up with reliable reports…
The UAE’s Human Rights Deception: Ayman Nasry and the United Villages Organization
Surprisingly, it has been revealed that the president of the organization that falsely claimed the UAE offered a pioneering and…
Arab-European Forum for Dialogue and Human Rights (AEFDHR)
The Arab-European Forum for Dialogue and Human Rights (AEFDHR), based in Geneva, is an organization that claims to champion human…