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Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency - 3.05.24
An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.
Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, OCHA, UNHCR, WMO, IFRC, FAO - 3.05.24
🎦 WHO on Gaza, the UN Refugee agency on Sudan, 🎦the Red Cross Red Crescent on heatwave in Bangladesh, 🎦 FAO's monthly update on global food commodity prices, and 🎦 WMO on the State of the Climate in Latin America.
Gaza’s new terror: Booby-trapped cans of food for the unwary - 2.05.24
Almost seven months into the devastating war in the enclave, Gazans face a new threat: booby-trapped food.
Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call - 01.05.24
Amid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports on Wednesday of further deadly strikes overnight, UN humanitarians underscored the ongoing devastating impact of the war and the need to ensure reliable aid supply lines to people in desperate need in the enclave.
Happening at UN Geneva
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.
