UN General Assembly (UNGA)

A pending General Assembly vote on an annual global commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide is spurring vociferous debate.

There is now a clear majority of support for draft Article 7, at least to the extent that it provides for the inapplicability of functional immunity to the crimes of genocide,…

As use of the weapons accelerates, including in Ukraine, a proposed UN fund would provide direct support for victims and aid accountability.

To weaken or condition in any form the duty of States to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators would run contrary to the spirit and raison d’etre of a future Convention…

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Amid the tensions, the Biden administration can try to win back some goodwill with careful steps to bolster a fragile multilateral system.

States' written comments cover issues such as the slave trade, gender apartheid, and strengthening protections for victims and survivors.

The latest in our weekly series on UN developments at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.

While the Draft Articles include a provision for enslavement, the slave trade and enslavement are distinct international crimes that should be enumerated as crimes against humanity.

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.