UN General Assembly (UNGA)

Civil society is calling on States to apply a gender-competent, survivor-centric, and intersectional lens to a new convention on crimes against humanity.

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

"Conversations of this nature are useless if their participants fail to acknowledge their differences of opinion about underlying assumptions."

The U.N. General Assembly's upcoming emergency special session is a critical time to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The impact of climate change on mobility cannot be ignored, and should be at the forefront of the negotiations and decisions at COP28.

It is crucial that UN member States take responsibility to address the situation in Ethiopia as the risk of genocide grows.

At the global level, no legally binding agreement governs the production of and trade in law enforcement equipment. A new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture recommends…

The 78th UN General Assembly demonstrated challenges in finding global consensus on gender equality goals.

The draft Crimes against Humanity treaty has the opportunity to recognize gender-based oppression for what it is: a type of apartheid.

From an energy perspective, UNGA78 highlighted the mismatches between the nature of shared problems and the institutions to address them.

The 78th U.N. General Assembly eased, rather than resolved, some of the host of tensions and challenges facing the United Nations.