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UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

·April 6, 2025·2 min read

The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Ambassador Riyad Mansour of the Observer State of Palestine and Israeli Human Rights lawyer Netta Amar Schiff – who joined via videolink – also took part....

UN General Assembly boosts global fight against illegal trade in cultural artifacts

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·December 9, 2024·2 min read

Backed by more than 140 nations and adopted without a vote, the resolution recognised that addressing the unlawful trade in such items is vital to preserve the identity and traditions of communities worldwide and enabling them to freely practice and safeguard priceless heritage. It also acknowledged the devastating impact of...

‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears

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·December 16, 2023·3 min read

The discussions at the international anti-corruption conference, convened in Atlanta by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held between 11 and 15 December, built on the ground-breaking Global Report on Corruption in Sport, produced by the UNODC in 2021, which pointed to a dramatic increase in illegal betting, fuelled by the...

New milestone in battle against illegal, unregulated fishing |

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·November 8, 2022·1 min read

The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) is the first internationally binding instrument specifically designed to prevent, deter, and eliminate IUU fishing by denying port access to foreign vessels that engage in or support such practices. “Rising consumer demand and transforming agrifood systems in fisheries and aquaculture have driven global...

Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert |

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·October 28, 2022·2 min read

“For over 55 years, the Israeli military occupation has prevented the realisation of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, violating each component of that right and wilfully pursuing the ‘de-Palestinianisation’ of the occupied territory,” said Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian...