Annegret Mathari has been reporting on International Geneva for more than two decades. For swissinfo she covers the UN and other Geneva-based international organisations. She writes on international diplomatic negotiations, human rights issues, humanitarian aid, armed conflicts, health and the environment.
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Lost in limbo: calls for repatriation of Swiss jihadist detainees in Syria grow louder
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Human rights experts, humanitarian groups, and even the US are calling for repatriation. Switzerland says it won’t support their coming back.
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The UN is no longer at the center of negotiations for a solution to the Middle East conflict. But that doesn't mean it's irrelevant.
Middle East conference in Geneva aims to revive international humanitarian law
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The conference on the Middle East will focus on banning the forced displacement of people, among other issues. A non-binding declaration is expected.
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Are women and girls in Afghanistan being sacrificed by the international community as a bargaining chip to engage with the Taliban?
Putting the fight against HIV back on the UN agenda
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In sub-Saharan Africa, 3,100 teenage girls and women are still infected with the virus every week. More needs to be done say UN organisations.
Seventy-five years of the Geneva Conventions in pictures
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A look through the decades at the Geneva Conventions, which, when they were adopted in 1949, were a continuation of earlier provisions of international humanitarian law.
Indigenous peoples win battle in long war to protect knowledge
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A UN agreement aims to protect the resources of indigenous peoples. Long in the making, is it enough to avoid spoliation of knowledge?
Silence, threats, burnout – challenges for human rights defenders in times of war
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Warring parties do everything possible to avoid reports of rights violations becoming public. Activists from Ukraine and Israel talk about how they operate in tough contexts.
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At the UN, cities have fewer rights than NGOs. However, cities also want to have a say internationally and are becoming more involved.
Why Switzerland is ending development aid to Mongolia
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After promoting sustainable livestock farming and education for two decades, Switzerland will discontinue aid at the end of 2024.
