Marcia V.J. Kran is an international lawyer from Canada; a former director at the UN human-rights office and currently a member of the UN Human Rights Committee (2017 – 2024).

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino, left, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive for a meeting at the presidential palace in Panama City, Feb. 2, 2025, to discuss President Trump’s warning to ...

This week, the spotlight remains on the desperate plight of millions of people around the world. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. This week, ...

Tensions mount over Ukraine; Congo issues a verdict on the murder of two UN experts; the UN secretary-general attends the Winter Olympics. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing ...

Director and Senior Fellow, Global Governance, Justice & Security at The Stimson Center Richard Ponzio is a senior fellow and director of the Stimson Center's Global Governance, Justice and Security ...

María Fernanda Espinosa, from Ecuador, was President of the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations. She is co-chair of the Coalition for the UN We Need Steering Committee, member of the Group of ...

Stéphanie Fillion is a New York-based reporter specializing in foreign affairs and human rights who has been writing for PassBlue regularly for a year, including co-producing UN-Scripted, a new ...

In last-minute drama before the Christmas holiday, a vote by the United Nations Security Council on a resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements boiled down to one country’s tacit approval: the ...

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In the 1960s, the African-American activist Malcolm X launched a lobbying campaign to “internationalize” the civil rights movement in the United States by calling on the United Nations to focus on the ...

The United Nations Office of Counterterrorism says it is growing its offices overseas to become more efficient, but some civil society experts who follow the UN’s counterterrorism work closely remain ...

The campaign to ensure women’s equal participation at the peace talks on Syria in January has become more urgent, as certain parties recognize that women are vital in rebuilding and reconciling Syrian ...