If this is done to a racial group in any country, we will be asking questions about persecution as a crime against humanity. What do we call it when it happens to half the population on grounds [of]...
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Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel - A Synthesis Report from the Sahel Predictive Analytics Project in Support of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Sahel faces mounting human security and development challenges due to the complex interplay of diverse and growing risks in the region, including climate change, environmental...
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Identifying gender persecution in conflict and atrocities: A toolkit for documenters, investigators, and adjudicators of crimes against humanity [EN/RU]
INTRODUCTION In conflicts and atrocities across the globe, from Iraq to Colombia, armed actors have perpetrated gender-based crimes amounting to persecution as a crime against humanity in an effort...
OPEN LETTER: Uniting Behind A People’s Vaccine Against COVID-19
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
Beyond "Women’s Issues" and Smoky Rooms: Debunking the Myths About Gender in Peace Mediation
By Emma Bjertén-Günther (SIPRI), Yeonju Jung (SIPRI), Johanna Poutanen (CMI), Silja Grundström (CMI), Maria Ristimäki (CMI) Major misconceptions continue to weaken efforts to make gender-sensitive...
Joint statement by AU, ECOWAS and UNMIL congratulating Liberian civil society actors for their contribution to the peaceful transition of political power in Liberia
MONROVIA – Liberia’s peaceful and democratic political transition culminated in the successful inauguration of President George Manneh Weah on 22 January 2018. The African Union Liaison Office in...
To Make a Bigger Impact, the UN Refugee Agency Needs a Crisis Fund
by Patricia Mace and Vera Dimoplon The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is facing the largest refugee crisis since its inception. The agency, which was created to respond to the...
$5 Million Grant From Microsoft Will Help UN Track Human-Rights Abuses
As political instability, conflicts and migration proliferate across the world, technology has become a potential solution for identifying and predicting human-rights violations, which play a major...