Archive for December 9th, 2025

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09/12/2025

Global Atrocity Risks Rising, Warns New United Nations Adviser on Genocide Prevention

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the United Nations’ newly appointed Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.

Chaloka Beyani (at podium), Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, addresses the dedication of the "Flower of Srebrenica" Memorial at UN Headquarters honouring the victims of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica.
UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist | Chaloka Beyani (at podium), Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, addresses the dedication of the “Flower of Srebrenica” Memorial at UN Headquarters honouring the victims of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica.

In his first interview since assuming the post in August, Chaloka Beyani reflected on the origins of his mandate, created by the UN Security Council in the wake of the genocides in Rwanda and Srebrenica, and drew sobering parallels with the crises unfolding today. 

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09/12/2025

UN Strongly Condemns Israel’s Unauthorised Entry of UNRWA Compound in East Jerusalem

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on Monday [], representing “a new challenge to international law.”

UNRWA Headquarters in East Jerusalem. (file)
UNRWA | UNRWA Headquarters in East Jerusalem. (file)

Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform X.

Police motorcycles, trucks and forklifts were brought in and all communications were cut, he said, while furniture, IT equipment and other property were seized.

The UN flag was pulled down and replaced with an Israeli flag.

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