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Web Review

L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

UN peacekeeping: women’s empowerment endures as a priority

A view of the UN Headquarters in New York City

25 March 2021

Women’s empowerment in the UN peacekeeping remains a “top priority”, says the Undersecretary General for Peace Operations.
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Friday, 02 April 2021

UNSC fails to adopt text on prosecution and rehabilitation of terrorists

Council picture

31 August 2020

With 14 votes in favor and 1 against, UNSC fails to advance measures to prosecute, rehabilitate and reintegrate terrorists
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Thursday, 03 September 2020

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on disarmament

The “non-violence” sculpture by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in the UN Visitors' Plaza, New York

 

08 July 2020

The lesson the international community has to learn from this pandemic, from the irrationality of expensive arms programs to the dangers of unilateralism 
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Agnès Callamard asks for regulation on drone strikes in self-defence

UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings, Agnès Callamard

09 July 2020

Drone strikes based on self-defence could mean the absence of red lines on their use, preventing perpetrators to be held accountable
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital: What are the consequences?

Palestinian women protest against USA decision about Jerusalem’s fate

12 January 2018
Last December, the world was shocked by Trump’s announcement about moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognising the Holy city as its capital.
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Tuesday, 16 January 2018

NATO Airstrike Kills 30 in Kunduz

Buildings in ruins after NATO airstrike

3 November 2016
Mostly civilians are victimized when Kunduz is the target of an airstrike.
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Friday, 06 January 2017

Central Americans Seeking Asylum Treated Unfairly

At the Saltillo migrant shelter in Coahuila, a day’s journey to the Texas border, migrants are given food, medical care and legal aid

23 June 2016
Central Americans fleeing the Northern Triangle are faced with a treacherous journey and an unfair asylum system.
Category: Honduras - Web Review
Thursday, 11 August 2016

97 Civilians Killed in Saudi-led Coalition using United States Bomb

Another airstrike on a Yemeni market. United States involved with 1 tonne bombs

7 April 2016
Human Rights Watch reports that the March 15 Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a Yemeni market was carried out by massive 1 tonne bombs supplied by the United States.
Category: United States of America - Web Review
Tuesday, 14 June 2016