Archive for December 16th, 2025

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16/12/2025

Explainer: How Corruption Fuels Instability

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Office on Drugs and Crime*

“Corruption breeds disillusion with government and governance… Corruption can be a trigger for conflict,” notes António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General. 

Martins Dibang, Nigeria, youth advocate. UNODC

UN Photo/Leonora Baumann | Port au Prince.

“As conflict rages, corruption prospers. And even if conflict ebbs, corruption can impede recovery.”

Below, find out how corruption can exacerbate conflicts and impede sustainable peace plans – and how the United Nations is working to strengthen integrity, the rule of law and anti-corruption measures in peacekeeping and peacebuilding contexts.

How does it work?

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16/12/2025

Corruption: Last Year, One in Five People Who Dealt with a Public Official Were Asked to Pay a Bribe

Human Wrongs Watch

Last year, one in five people who dealt with a public official were asked to pay a bribe, according to a UN report.

The world is doing something about it.

Young Nepalese protesters holding signs with slogans like '#WAKEUPNEPAL' and 'GEN Z WON'T BE SILENT' during a demonstration against corruption and social media restrictions in Kathmandu.
Rabik Upadhayay | Young Nepalis protesting against endemic corruption in the capital Kathmandu earlier this year. Security forces responded with a violent crackdown, leaving more than 50 people dead in the ensuing crisis.
 
Heads of State, civil society and private sector leaders will be discussing the most pressing issues surrounding corruption and how to tackle the scourge, at a a UN anti-corruption conference (COSP11) this week in Doha, Qatar.

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16/12/2025

Qatar: Failure to Pay Contractors Harms Migrant Workers

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Impunity for Government Clients, Influential Companies

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Migrant workers in Qatar, October 7, 2022. © 2022 ANL/Shutterstock

(Beirut) – Qatari government clients and other major businesses are failing to pay contractors on time for projects, leaving migrant workers unpaid, Human Rights Watch on 14 December 2025 said.

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16/12/2025

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid Delayed, Deprioritised in Favour of Commercial Goods, UN Warns

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday [], as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families.

UNICEF distributes winter clothes kits to children across the Gaza Strip, as winter storms are adding to families’ hardship.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | UNICEF distributes winter clothes kits to children across the Gaza Strip, as winter storms are adding to families’ hardship.
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Despite sustained efforts by the UN and its partners, needs are rising faster than aid can be delivered, according to Olga Cherevko, an OCHA spokesperson in Gaza.

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16/12/2025

Guterres Condemns Deadly Attack on Hannukah Celebration in Sydney

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “heinous deadly attack” on Sunday against Jewish families gathered in Sydney, Australia, to celebrate Hanukkah.

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters, in New York. (file photo)

In a social media post, Mr. Guterres said he was “horrified” by the incident.

“My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness,” he wrote.

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16/12/2025

7 in 10 Women Human Rights Defenders, Activists and Journalists Report Online Violence

Human Wrongs Watch

By UN Women*

Online violence is spilling offline: Four in ten of the women surveyed also reported experiencing offline attacks connected to digital abuse.


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Geneva – Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a new report released on , produced by UN Women’s ACT to End Violence against Women programme.

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