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Gaza: Israel must restore UN humanitarian system to stave off starvation, say UN experts

7 August 2025, GENEVA – To avert further deaths and inhuman suffering by starvation, Israel must immediately restore unimpeded access to Gaza by impartial humanitarian organisations, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the UN Office for...

UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

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5 August 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) operations, saying Palestinians are paying the ultimate price of the international community’s legal, political and moral failure. The experts recalled that...

REPORT: Global threats to freedom of expression arising from the conflict in Gaza

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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...

Exploding pagers and radios: A terrifying violation of international law, say UN experts

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19 September 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “terrifying” violations of international law. The attacks reportedly...