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All reports of hospital attacks and misuse of hospitals must be investigated and those responsible held accountable. In the meantime, urgent action is needed to ensure that more…

COP28 is over. Now comes the hard work of ensuring that each nation follows through with actions to match textual commitments.

A Security Council resolution on funding AU missions risks not only peacekeeping but also UN human rights and civilian protection priorities.

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

The effects of the war in Gaza are rippling across the region, threatening Yemen's fragile truce.

Twenty-five years after the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the usual methods of protection and accountability aren’t working well enough.

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

In a largely symbolic move, UN Secretary-General António Guterres invoked Art. 99 of the UN Charter for the first time in his tenure in a letter to the Security Council on the…

The international community failed 20 years ago to stop mass atrocities and genocide in Darfur, and is now failing again.

Myanmar's resistance must find ways to provide justice for those harmed and guarantee due process for those suspected of violations.

Sanctions programs could benefit from certain measures to restore their function as a critical U.N. Security Council tool for peace.

COP28 opens with loss and damage fund commitments, a UN Security Council briefing on the Israel-Hamas war, North Korea's nuclear program, and more.