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Why I went to Geneva: The human rights system at a crossroads - opinion

When victims cannot testify, we must carry their stories.

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.
People look at burned-down buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 30, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Silence in the rubble: Inside the desperate race for Venezuela earthquake survivors

Illustration: A doctor using AI

UN panel warns AI is outpacing scientific understanding, government policy

MEMBERS OF electoral colleges gather to vote, to select their candidates for the new Syrian Parliament since Bashar al-Assad's government was toppled, in Damascus, Syria, October 5, 2025.

Syria announces 70 new lawmaker appointments, paving way for parliament to convene


Sudan’s war poses a challenge for Abraham Accords partners - opinion

Sudan's devastating civil war tests whether the Abraham Accords can become a force for peace beyond normalization.

 SUDAN’S SOVEREIGN council head General Abdel al-Fattah Burhan meets Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Khartoum on February 2.

Ecuadorean candidate for UN chief says world body must shrink

Guterres' successor will face an enormous task of revitalizing an organization in crisis with declining stature.

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

Trump administration forces Colombian president to cancel planned meeting with Mamdani - report

The two leaders had intended to conduct a private meeting followed by a public event discussing Western democracy, one source told The Washington Post, during Petro's visit to the US.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, US, March 23, 2026

UN fails to condemn Hezbollah in statement on peacekeeper's death, Israeli ambassador says

"When a UN peacekeeper dies in southern Lebanon and the Security Council still fails to explicitly condemn Hezbollah for violating Resolution 1701, it reflects a profound failure," Danon stated.

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers and members of the Lebanese army, pictured in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, April 16, 2026; illustrative.

UN report on Israel condemned for equating settlers, Palestinian terrorists

Dina Rovner, legal advisor at UN Watch, said the reporting continues to reflect a persistent bias against Israel, as only 9% addresses Palestinian attacks against Israelis.

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

UN accuses Israel of aiding West Bank settler violence, says Hamas committed war crimes in Gaza

The UN report claimed that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in an alleged climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies.

Israeli security forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, May 3, 2026.

ICC suspends prosecutor Karim Khan following sexual misconduct investigation

The court's governing body's executive bureau has ruled Khan had committed serious misconduct following an 18-month-long probe into accusations

Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks while waiting for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to appear via video link before the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025.

How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion

The corruption of the system did not happen overnight. As dictatorships gained influence inside the UNHRC, they learned they need not abolish the language of human rights to weaken it.

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2026.

Thoughts on viewing the Great Isaiah Scroll - opinion

There is much more to be learned about the history of the Hebrew nation, its literature, and even geography from the Great Isaiah Scroll.

A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

US resolution draft for IAEA demands Iran open up on bombed nuclear sites, uranium stockpiles

Top Israeli and US officials have told The Jerusalem Post that they have their eyes fixed directly on Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz, where huge mounds of rubble have covered the uranium.

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.