Michelle Langrand
Michelle Langrand is a journalist for Geneva Solutions.
China and Russia have been actively trying to block United Nations scrutiny into violations through obscure budget talks, according to a new nongovernmental organization investigation. The long-running maneuver now threatens to hollow out the UN human rights pillar amid a …
- Categories: Human Rights
The Human Rights Council opened its summer session in Geneva on Monday. Once again, nations will turn their attention to the rights of women, migrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQI and other marginalized groups. But even for a body accustomed to crises, …
- Categories: ICC, International Justice
The Human Rights Council began its first session of the year on Monday amid seismic political shifts. The most noticeable change was the absence of the United States after President Donald Trump severed ties with the Geneva-based body. While Washington …
- Categories: Human Rights, US-UN Relations
While few expect Azerbaijan’s United Nations climate summit starting on Nov. 11 to yield much on climate action, some hope it will at least edge the region closer to peace. It was this prospect that helped Baku, the Azeri capital, …
- Categories: Asia, Climate Change
The far-right and right-wing populists have quickly gained ground in the West, securing historic wins in elections in France, Portugal, the European Union and the United Kingdom in the last months. Meanwhile, hard-right forces are already in power in Italy, …
- Categories: Climate Change, Migration, Nuclear Disarmament
GENEVA — The United Nations launched an appeal on Jan. 15 for $4.2 billion to respond to growing humanitarian needs for Ukrainians in and outside the country for 2024. But while Ukraine braces for a third year of Russia’s invasion, …
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Ukraine-Russia War
Iran’s crackdown on women’s rights protests that erupted in September, and the Taliban recently banning women from working in nongovernmental organizations or from attending university have served as a reminder of how fast women’s rights are sliding back in the …
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights, Women
GENEVA — Boris Bondarev, Russia’s counselor to the United Nations in Geneva, resigned on Monday, calling the war in Ukraine a “crime against the Ukrainian people” as well as Russia’s population. “Never have I been so ashamed of my country …
- Categories: Peace and Security
United Nations members voted on Thursday to strip Russia from its seat at the Human Rights Council, over alleged civilian killings in the region around Kyiv, Ukraine. The proposal, presented at a General Assembly emergency special session in New York …
- Categories: Human Rights, Peace and Security
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