Geneva Centre (GCHRAGD)

Think-tank in Consultative Status with ECOSOC dedicated to promoting human rights and enhancing the dialogue between the Global South and the Global North.

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Climate change is not a standalone challenge.
It amplifies existing vulnerabilities: conflict, economic fragility & governance gaps.

What does this mean for policymakers today?

📖 Read more in the Human Rights Chronicle
https://t.co/cLphnUSxAr

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Protecting the environment also means protecting people.
On World Environment Day, we recall that environmental degradation affects rights to health, water, housing and development, impacting vulnerable communities first.
🌍 A sustainable future depends on shared responsibility.

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Has the world forgotten about Gaza?

Children are sleeping in buildings where sewage leaks through the ceilings and rodents move through the walls at night. The UN has reported cases of children being bitten by rats and struggling to sleep as a result. Families have begun placing sandbags around tents; not against shelling, but to protect themselves from rats damaging their shelters.

The scale of need remains staggering. According to OCHA, by December 2025, almost 3 million people across Gaza and the West Bank required urgent humanitarian assistance. As of March 2026, health services in Gaza remain critically strained, with hospitals only partially functioning. Skin diseases are widespread, including scabies, lice, and other infections, while access to safe water remains extremely limited, forcing families to make impossible choices between drinking, washing, and cooking.

Despite diplomatic efforts, including a ceasefire agreement reached in October 2025 and endorsed by the UN Security Council, implementation has stalled and violations have continued, with no lasting political solution yet in place.

Humanitarian actors continue to respond under extremely difficult conditions. UNICEF is delivering water to up to 1.5 million people per month. UNRWA and UNDP teams are conducting pest control interventions. WHO and partners are providing over 164,000 medical consultations per week.

Yet the gap remains enormous.

Only 13% of the $4 billion humanitarian appeal has been funded. Humanitarian access remains heavily constrained, and needs continue to grow.
We cannot look away. We must continue and intensify efforts to restore dignity and humanity in Gaza.

#Gaza #HumanRights #HumanitarianCrisis

Sources:

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📣 Faith, dialogue, and human rights: why spaces for interfaith engagement matter today

In a context marked by growing polarization, conflict, and the rapid spread of hate speech and disinformation (particularly online), spaces that foster dialogue across faiths and beliefs are becoming increasingly essential for strengthening social cohesion and protecting human dignity.

On 18 June 2026, the Geneva Centre will take part in Interfaith Peer-Engagement for Human Fraternity and Peace, a hybrid initiative bringing together faith actors, human rights practitioners, and international stakeholders to reflect on how dialogue can contribute to peace and mutual understanding.

Discussions will focus on some of today’s most pressing challenges, including:
• The role of faith actors in times of conflict and polarization
• Countering hate speech and AI-generated misinformation
• Preventing the instrumentalization of religion or belief to incite violence

We invite our network in Geneva and beyond to join this important exchange and contribute to these collective reflections.

📍 In-person: Palais des Nations (Geneva)
💻 Online participation available

🔗 Registration: https://t.co/W5NSZ3n1wd
(Teams link available via the concept note on Indico)

We look forward to contributing to this timely conversation, which also coincides with the International Day to Combat Hate Speech.

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A key reflection from the first edition of the Human Rights Chronicle.

In a more contested global landscape, human rights advocacy increasingly depends on what happens within institutions.

Read more in issue no. 1! https://t.co/cLphnUSxAr

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Today, 28 May 2026, marks the anniversary of the Makkah Declaration — a soft-law, faith-based human rights framework that offers a particularly valuable entry point for dialogue and engagement.
It stands as an important effort to articulate principles of dignity, coexistence, tolerance, and mutual respect within a culturally and religiously grounded language, creating meaningful bridges between international human rights norms and locally rooted legitimacy, especially across the MENA region.

The Charter offers guidance to Muslims around the world on values that reflect the deeper meaning of Islam, including peace, justice, and coexistence.

This initiative highlights the importance of fostering human rights dialogue that is not perceived as externally imposed, but rather grounded in shared values, traditions, and lived realities. For dialogue-driven and bridge-building institutions, they represent a compelling example of how universal human rights principles and culturally resonant frameworks can reinforce one another, strengthening trust, cooperation, and sustainable impact. 🌍🤝

👉 Read the Charter of Makkah here: https://t.co/ytodp4CjSN

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Culture is more than heritage. It's a bridge for dialogue.

On World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the Geneva Centre joins the international community in recognising the role of culture in bringing people closer together

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📖 Read the full Chronicle: https://t.co/cLphnUSxAr

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🌍 “In an era of accelerating climate change, disaster response is no longer only about humanitarian logistics: it is increasingly about data, connectivity, and predictive capacity“.

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🕊️ Interfaith dialogue is more than symbolic, it’s a tool for governance and social cohesion.

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🔍 “Today’s challenge is not institutional irrelevance, but normative fragmentation”.

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📢 The Human Rights Chronicle (March 2026) is new publication bridging research & practice in human rights.
Here are some key takeaways:

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A key reflection from the first edition of the Human Rights Chronicle.
At a time of growing geopolitical fragmentation, protecting the universality of human rights requires not only commitment, but also strategic and inclusive engagement.
Read more in issue no. 1! https://t.co/UiN1En4PQn

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Differences are values, not threats.

The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue reaffirms its commitment to fostering exchange, inclusion and mutual understanding as foundations of peaceful coexistence 🕊️

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Multilateralism isn’t collapsing.
It’s fragmenting.
That’s the real challenge for human rights today.

Read the full chronicle here: https://t.co/cLphnUSxAr

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What does it take to keep dialogue open when the situation remains so fragile? 💬

Yesterday, the @UNSC_Reports’s 10146th meeting on the Middle East focused on the fragility of the ceasefire in Gaza, with a worsening humanitarian crisis, and the ongoing efforts to advance peace.
Speakers repeatedly stressed the need for #dialogue, and a political path towards a long-lasting solution.

Keeping channels for #cooperation open remains the most important tool for moving forward in that direction.

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Are international negotiations still delivering real outcomes—or just becoming spaces where everyone speaks, but little moves forward?
That was the question at today’s GCSP discussion on “Multilateralism Under Pressure: Can International Negotiations Still Deliver?”

One thing is clear: negotiations are more inclusive than ever 🤝 More actors, more voices, more representation. That matters—but it also makes processes more complex and slower. Still, multilateralism is not disappearing. It remains a key space for cooperation in a fragmented world—on human rights, climate, trade, and security 🌍

What’s changing is its form: less a stable system, more a shifting space—messy, but still essential. And even under pressure, one point stood out: international law still matters ⚖️ It is challenged, but not irrelevant. So the real question may not be whether multilateralism works or not. But what we do to keep it meaningful.

What do you think? 💬

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Who will be the next UN Secretary-General?

The 4 candidates:
• @mbachelet 🇨🇱
• @rafaelmgrossi 🇦🇷
• @RGrynspan 🇨🇷
• @Macky_Sall 🇸🇳

👇 Watch their interactive dialogues and explore their perspectives:
https://t.co/dMK6EE3lIv

💡No woman has ever held this role—could this be the moment?