On 27 January 2026, the Dutch court in Zwolle delivered a significant verdict in the case against a suspect known as Walid, or Tewelde Goitom, convicting him on nearly all charges related to widespread human rights abuses against refugees in Libya. The court, in a comprehensive ruling totaling around 100 pages, sentenced Walid to the […]
What’s UNDOF? Why UN Peacekeepers Patrol the Israel-Syria Border
By Eileen Travers NEW YORK | 29 January 2025 (IDN) — More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But why are the Blue Helmets there? One of the UN’s longest-standing […]
The Significance of World Health Organization US President Is Qutting
By Eileen Travers, UN News NEW YORK | 22 January 2025 (IDN) — When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference […]
How Prosecutors Work Against Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
UNODC Report VIENNA | 4 January 2025 (IDN) — “If countries do not cooperate, we will never be able to effectively combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling,” said Patrick Gomez, Prosecutor and Principal State Counsel in Gambia. Gomez was speaking on the sidelines of the first International Forum of Prosecutors countering human trafficking and migrant […]