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#GSP63 I Building Trust Together
A group of students at the 63rd Graduate Study Programme, which wrapped up at the United Nations Office at Geneva last week, looked into the issues of misinformation, disinformation, and how to rebuild trust together.
Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, UNHCR, OHCHR - 11.07.25
🎦 Largest Influx of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh since 2017; 🎦 Intensification of Violence in Haiti; 🎦 US Sanctions against Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese; 🎦 Situation in Gaza; 🎦 Australia: Allegations of Institutional Racism in Northern Territory Policing
WMO - Press Conference: Sand and Dust Bulletin - 10.07.25
World Meteorological Organization's Sand and Dust Bulletin - Speaker: Sara Basart, WMO Scientific Officer
Refugees as change-makers | Jin Davod - 8.07.25
“Refugees can be not only recipients of aid, but also change-makers.” Watch Jin Dawod, a participant of the UN Graduate Study Programme in Geneva originally from Syria, present her “Peace Therapist” initiative which provides multilingual mental health support to displaced people.
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.
