Today, Ireland & @GCR2P held the annual Evans-Sahnoun Lecture on the Responsibility to Protect & marked the commencement of the 20th anniversary of #R2P.
@IrelandAmbUNIrelandAmbUN welcomed our panel of past and present 🇺🇳 Special Advisors on R2P & Prof. Gareth Evans.
🇮🇪 reaffirms our commitment to the principle of the Responsibility to Protect, which is more important than ever.
Current & former Special Advisors for #R2P discussed with @antonioguterres how to improve atrocity crimes prevention & agreed that the 20th anniv. of #R2P next year is a great opportunity to look back, as well as to look forward & the #UNSG 2025 report should serve that purpose.
“Make no mistake – a full-scale assault on Rafah would be a human catastrophe.”
– @antonioguterres says an assault on the southern Gaza city would be a strategic mistake, a political calamity, and a humanitarian nightmare. https://t.co/rLzpyxGncJ
“Take on the #ActNow challenge & share it with your networks to show leaders how many of us demand a sustainable future for all.”
Ahead of Summit of the Future, @antonioguterres asks everyone to take 1 million actions together for #OurCommonFuture: https://t.co/e2an2tDUts
Rencontre fructueuse entre Omar Zniber, Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU & @ousmane_diagana, Vice-Président de la @Banquemondiale pour l'Afrique de l’Ouest+centrale, sur la nécessité de synergies pour mettre en œuvre les droits économiques, sociaux & culturels.
Sudan: The UN keeps intensifying efforts to help millions devastated by a year of brutal war.
With critical infrastructure damaged across the country, @UNDP is supporting health care, sanitation & other life-saving services to remain operational.
See: https://t.co/nvXokEeuyO
"Israel must take all measures in its power to restore & ensure, as far as possible, public order & safety in the occupied West Bank, incl. protecting Palestinians from settler attacks & ending unlawful use of force against Palestinians by Israeli Security Forces" -@UNHumanRights
A man-made famine is tightening its grip in Gaza,@ but @UNRWA is being denied permission to delivery enough lifesaving aid, agency chief @UNLazzarini told the Security Council on Wednesday.
https://t.co/N5lJNfqB9h
Women have the right to make choices about their bodies without violence or coercion.
New @UNFPA report highlights that 30 years of progress in sexual & reproductive health rights has largely neglected the needs of the most marginalized communities. https://t.co/L8tnc3eVLY
Palestinian photojournalists have shared photos and testimonies reflecting the utter devastation and heartbreak unleashed by the brutal war on #Gaza.
We cannot stand idly by in the face of this horrific suffering.
Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland - Violations of the Convention for failing to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change
https://t.co/9yp2paHV4I
#ECHR#CEDH#ECHRpress
I appointed Adama Dieng @AdviserAdaDieng of #Senegal as the first @_AfricanUnion Special Envoy for Prevention of the Crime of #Genocide And Other Mass Atrocities. As AU Special Envoy,Mr Dieng will drive the AU Agenda to combat the ideology of Hate & Genocide on the Continent
We welcome the European Court of Human Rights @ECHR_CEDH ruling in #KlimaSeniorinnen case v. #Switzerland affirming that States have human rights obligations to sufficiently mitigate #climate change. Ruling provides a basis for determined action & justice globally - @volker_turk
Access to food is a human right.
As the hostilities in Gaza continue, people are facing potential famine.
Humanitarian organizations must have unhindered access to people in need wherever they are.