UNRWA Still Facing Attacks and Shortfall After Being Largely Cleared in Probe
Switzerland is among a few recalcitrant donors still receptive to heavy lobbying by Israel and allies, including the Geneva-based NGO ‘UN Watch’.
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Tensions at the Human Rights Council around a Report on the Situation in Gaza. But Will Attacks on the Messenger Detract from the Message, Many Members Asked?
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Is the US Complicit in Israel’s “Plausible” Genocide?
Daniel Warner | The prohibition of genocide, complicity in genocide, and the duty to prevent genocide are fundamental norms of customary international law from which there are no exceptions.
Being aware of the risk of genocide obliges states to prevent genocide occurring.
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The Rift between the United States and Israel Is Still a Simple Family Feud; a Significant Separation Is Urgently Needed
Daniel Warner | If relations between individuals are like relations between states, we are witnessing a simple family feud between the US and Israel, when a significant personal and political separation between the two individuals and countries is needed.
The Problem with Human Rights
Daniel Warner | While human rights are now ‘mainstreamed’ within the United Nations system, their regular operationalization on the ground is lacking. What is the point of having lofty principles and legal treaties when they are so often violated?
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians: It Is Time to Revive the ‘Geneva Initiative’
Raymond Saner | A six-point roadmap to find a solution to the conflict, help the region escape the vicious cycle of recurring bloodshed, and reconstruct Gaza, building on the Geneva Initiative's network of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.
ICRC, Under Attack from UN Watch, Defends Its Neutrality in Gaza War
UN Watch, a Geneva-based activist group that has repeatedly denounced the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, has shifted to waging a campaign against the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), accusing it of “bias” against Israel and violating its guiding principle of neutrality in the Gaza conflict. The
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Israel-Hamas War May Delay Resolution of UN Budget Crisis, experts say.
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If a Mother Can Be Found Complicit in Murders Committed by Her Son, Shouldn’t States Be Held Complicit in Israel’s “Plausible Genocide” in Gaza?
Daniel Warner | Can we apply the idea of indirect parental responsibility for the actions of a child to states’ indirect responsibility in providing weapons to Israel as it commits what the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has officially ruled “plausible” genocide?
Suspending Funding for the UN’s Refugee Organization in Gaza is an Indirect Violation of the International Court of Justice’s Decision—and Morally Indefensible
DANIEL WARNER | the move to suspend funding for the organization is an indirect violation of the ICJ’s decision and IS morally indefensible.