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White Phosphorus: Recent Use, Inhumane Effects Require New Law
UN General Assembly Should Respond to Global Concerns Recent use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in Lebanon underscores…
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Beyond Process – When Long-Standing Strategies Deserve Honest Reassessment
Dialogue matters. Dinos Toumazos Keeping communication alive is almost always preferable to silence. Yet diplomacy should never become an end…
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Global Failure to Protect Right to Health in Conflict
Report Shows Increasing Attacks Ten Years After Landmark Security Council Resolution (New York) – Ten years after United Nations Security Council…
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UN report details systemic torture and sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees
A United Nations special rapporteur has documented extensive allegations of torture, sexual violence and abuse against Palestinian detainees held in…
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From the West Bank to Κyrenia: The Geopolitics of Settlements
From Hebron to Famagusta, occupation is gradually transformed into “normality” through settlement expansion, demographic engineering, and the appropriation of property.…
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Briefing to UN Security Council on the Situation in the West Bank
Max Rodenbeck, Crisis Group’s Project Director for Israel-Palestine, spoke to the UN Security Council about what is happening in the…
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Cyprus: One State, One People, One Referendum
Twenty-two years after the 2004 referendums, Cyprus should reopen a fundamental democratic question: Who has the legitimate right to decide…
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Prioritising Peace: What the UN Should Ask of Its Next Secretary-General
Whoever gets the post will need to rebuild the organisation’s geopolitical standing on matters of war and peace. International Crisis…
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International Force in Haiti Allegedly Responsible for Sexual Violence
Urgent Safeguards Needed as New Force Deploys Nathalye Cotrino Senior Researcher, Americas Division A United Nations report has found that…
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The Overlooked Dimension of the Slave Trade
History clarifies only when nothing essential is left out Jill Dean Singer Public discussion of the transatlantic slave trade has…
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Iran: Thousands of Prisoners at Risk
Detainees Face Dual Threat of Government Atrocities, US/Israeli Attacks Thousands of detainees in Iran, including political prisoners and children, are…
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Conflict and Consequences: The Global Impact of the New Middle East War
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is entering its third week, with no end yet in sight. Crisis Group experts offer…
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New U.S. Aid Conditions Threaten UN Work on Women, Peace and Security
The Trump administration is imposing conditions on U.S. international aid that could have profound effects on programs serving women and…
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Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy
Cyprus navigates a new global reality between principle and pragmatism. Anna Koukkides – Prokopiou * Nicosia has faced a significant…
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Who will prosecute Geoffrey Robertson’s peerless plan for peace?
In his new book Geoffrey Robertson argues the UN Security Council can no longer defend democracy and proposes a new…
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When the Board of Peace Meets in Washington, Gaza’s Future Will Be on the Line
With a two-year UN Security Council mandate, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in…
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