Trending claims

Do not get hung up on how often you have or want sex

Frequency of sex does not tell anything about whether individuals are enjoying time with their partners and the sex they are having

Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker reported thousands of people are enduring arbitrary detention in inhuman and degrading conditions without charges or trial in Eritrea

Barney Afako added National Security Services constantly monitor harass target and abduct civil society and perceived opponents outside country

Fortuné Gaetan Zongo said Burundi is facing unprecedented economic crisis

War in Sudan has driven another 800000 people into South Sudan

Isha Dyfan said human rights challenges in Somalia are complex but not insurmountable

United States highlights its country’s diplomatic efforts to secure ceasefire

Observer for the State of Palestine said reports are one-sided and unbalanced

Barney Afako said conflict continues to inflict heavy cost on South Sudan

South Africa’s speaker said it had submitted document to International Court of Justice in October 2023 containing evidence of Israel’s violation of Genocide Convention

Some shared steps to hold Israel accountable for its rights violations

Many delegates called for ceasefire and protection of civilian life while others expressed concern over Commission of Inquiry’s mandate

Humanity must prevail

Representatives of Albania Canada Nauru Hungary United Kingdom and United States all voiced concern over Commission of Inquiry’s open-ended mandate with latter noting it reflects bias against Israel

She declared decrying silence or worse justification of small but influential number of States in this room

Despite her warning to Human Rights Council about risk of genocide in March and Security Council-ordered ceasefire Israeli assault on Gaza has intensified reducing Strip to mass graves from which twisted limbs emerge with signs of IV drips still attached

She detailed situations of thousands of Palestinian detainees in Israel arbitrarily detained held incommunicado and used as human shields by army during exchanges of fire as well as Israeli hostages taken on 7 October all of whom have been subjected conditions amounting to torture

7 October attacks against Israel and subsequent escalation of conflict were preceded by decades of violence retribution dispossession unlawful occupation and denial of Palestinians’ right to self-determination

Genocide is process including plurality of acts and actors