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Update on the West Bank - 8.05.24
"Whatever happens in Gaza has a massive impact on the West Bank... IDF is acting as if there is an armed conflict," amid uptick in settler violence in the West Bank, Ajith Sunghay, head of @OHCHR_Palestine, tells UN News.
No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency - 8.05.24
Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave.
UN Geneva Press Briefing - UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, and OHCHR - 7.05.24
🎦 OCHA, UNICEF, and WHO on Gaza, 🎦 UN Human Rights agency on Russia's crack down on journalists.
UN Geneva’s Solar Panel Initiative: Greening the Blue for Sustainable Energy
The “greening the blue” strategy is in full swing at Palais des Nations. The total surface area of the solar panels installed is roughly equivalent to the size of a football pitch, buzzing with renewable energy potential.
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 96th Session
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its States parties. It also monitors implementation of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Over the past 30 years, children’s lives have been transformed by the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired governments to change laws and policies, so more children get the healthcare and nutrition they need. There are better safeguards in place to protect children from violence and exploitation. More children have their voices heard and participate in society. But there is still more work to be done.
46th Session of Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every 4.5 years. The UPR provides each State the opportunity to regularly:
- Report on the actions it has taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to overcome challenges to the enjoyment of human rights; and
- Receive recommendations – informed by multi-stakeholder input and pre-session reports – from UN Member States for continuous improvement.
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties. CAT works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime. Over the course of its 79th session, it will examine Austria , Honduras , Azerbaijan , Liechtenstein , North Macedonia and Finland.
