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SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS
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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.
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#134 THE G|O BRIEFING, APRIL 6, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: ACRIMONIOUS LEADERSHIP CONTEST AT IOM | AFRICAN STATES AND THE UKRAINE WAR: NUANCED NOT NEUTRAL | VETERAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER TO PROBE REPRESSION IN RUSSIA FOR THE UN
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Veteran Human Rights Defender to Probe Repression in Russia for the UN
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Briefing # 128 - Selected document | Conflict and the right to food
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food gives an account of how different forms of violence in food systems harm people and generate the conditions that lead to human rights violations.
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Killing Fields
The war in Ukraine is not the only reason for the jump in agricultural prices. Greed and speculation are another.
#106 The G|O Briefing, August 25, 2022
Still no OHCHR China report — Pro-West campaign removed by Facebook & Twitter — UNAIDS chief’s angry tweet about GVA — What if Ukraine wins the war?
Building permanent support for UN mandated investigations
Late this afternoon of May 19, in Room XXIII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva—a cool respite from the brutal outside heat—Stephen Rapp, former US Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice and former prosecutor in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, could not resist sharing a joke before
#98 The G|O Briefing, May 19, 2022
A new report offers models to strengthen the UN's investigative capacity - A tighter relationship between China and Russia
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The Human Rights Council is set to take a crucial step forward on climate change
Peter Splinter | The urgency of the climate crisis continues to mount. The Human Rights Council will take a crucial step forward in its contribution by appointing a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change.