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Geneva Press Briefing: UNIFIL, OCHA, UNICEF, IOM, WHO - 18.10.24
🎦 War in Lebanon; Situation in the occupied West Bank; 🎦 Dire conditions for children in Gaza; 🎦 Situation in Haiti
Invisible scars: how breast cancer impacts mental health - 18.10.24
Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers globally, claimed 670,000 lives in 2022and was the most frequent cancer among women in 157 of 185 countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 alone.
Lebanon war: Essential services in south facing collapse, warns UN - 16.10.24
Deadly Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Lebanon on Wednesday, prompting renewed condemnation from top UN negotiators and humanitarians, who warned that essential services in the south of the country are close to collapse.
Southern Africa hunger crisis: No one is spared, warns UN World Food Programme - 16.10.24
According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), nearly six and a half million people are starving there. A staggering 21 million children are malnourished, after crops failed and livestock perished, amid last year’s El Niño climate phenomenon.
Happening at UN Geneva
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its States parties.
The Committee's work promotes the enjoyment of civil and political rights, resulting in numerous changes of law, policy and practice. As such, it has improved the lives of individuals in all parts of the world. It continues to strive to ensure all the civil and political rights guaranteed by the Covenant can be enjoyed in full and without discrimination, by all people.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women’s rights from around the world.
The CEDAW treaty is a tool that helps women around the world to bring about change in their daily life. In countries that have ratified the treaty, CEDAW has proved invaluable in opposing the effects of discrimination, which include violence, poverty, and lack of legal protections, along with the denial of inheritance, property rights, and access to credit.
