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#175 THE G|O BRIEFING, MARCH 28, 2024

#175 THE G|O BRIEFING, MARCH 28, 2024

Russian Envoy Praises Geneva’s Role but Dismisses Swiss Efforts to Organize Peace Conference | Stormy Session at Human Rights Council as Special Rapporteur Accuses Israel of Genocide—And a US Court Case Asks If Israel's Greatest Ally Is Complicit?

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Tensions at the Human Rights Council around a Report on the Situation in Gaza. But Will Attacks on the Messenger Detract from the Message, Many Members Asked?

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Is the US Complicit in Israel’s “Plausible” Genocide?

Daniel Warner | The prohibition of genocide, complicity in genocide, and the duty to prevent genocide are fundamental norms of customary international law from which there are no exceptions. Being aware of the risk of genocide obliges states to prevent genocide occurring.

The Problem with Human Rights

Daniel Warner | While human rights are now ‘mainstreamed’ within the United Nations system, their regular operationalization on the ground is lacking. What is the point of having lofty principles and legal treaties when they are so often violated?

Exclusive: The Inside Story of How CERN Sanctioned Russia

“CERN was built as a force for peace. That has been thrown away. Peaceful scientific collaboration can now be terminated for political reasons.”

Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

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Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

| UN Human Rights Council to hold five-year review of China next week | Beijing urges UN to prevent ‘anti-China separatists’ from attending UPR | Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong activists to attend review, and plan demo

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: China Attacks Western Norms as a Cold War Debate Re-ignites in Geneva

Beyond geopolitical and material confrontations, an ideological battle dating back to the Cold War is being re-ignited over the universality of human rights and their implementation.

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The worrisome rise of transnational repression—Geneva and other UN host cities are concerned

Exclusive: A new stage for Zelensky’s peace plan—the Human Rights Council

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Exclusive: A new stage for Zelensky’s peace plan—the Human Rights Council

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A year after the Bachelet report on China’s repression of the Uyghurs, how to deal with Beijing’s human rights violations? Volker Türk’s arduous task in a fast-shifting geopolitical landscape

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