#112 The G|O Briefing, October 6, 2022
A CLOSE VICTORY FOR CHINA AND A REBUKE TO THE WEST AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE | STOPPING PHONE HACKING | NUKES NOT AN OPTION
HUMAN RIGHTS
#110 The G|O Briefing, September 22, 2022
AT ITU, THE ELECTION THAT MIGHT DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET - POST COVID, WILL THE PALAIS EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? - BACKSTAGE WITH THE UN PRESS
#109 The G|O Briefing, September 15, 2022
INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIA STILL HAPPENING IN GENEVA | ARE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR?
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A blistering report and a new challenge for Geneva—how to deal with it?
Finally released by the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, just a few minutes before leaving office at midnight yesterday (August 31), the long-awaited report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is damning.
#107 The G|O Briefing, September 1, 2022
A few minutes before midnight, a blistering report on China from the UN human rights office. But what next? — The Earth burns; UN lawyers fiddle
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The UN's Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
The "Bachelet Report"
#99 The G|O Briefing, May 25, 2022
The World Uyghurs Congress says Michelle Bachelet has betrayed them – Big Pharma and future pandemics – Death threats against The G|O’s Jamil Chade
#88 The G|O Briefing, March 3, 2022
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Our thoughts are with the brave people of Ukraine.
Today in The Geneva Observer, a few reflections from Geneva on the changing dynamics in the global political and moral landscapes created by Russia’s naked aggression
Can the Taliban be trusted? The UN has doubts
Half a year after the fall of Kabul, the human rights situation in Afghanistan remains highly worrisome. Such is, in short, the conclusion of a new report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council during its upcoming
An NGO takes a hard look at the funding of the Human Rights Council experts
BUT IS IT REALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SYSTEM, OR LEADING A CHARGE TO REIN IN THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS?