Based in Geneva, I cover the work of the United Nations and other international organisations there. My focus is on humanitarian aid, human rights, and peace diplomacy.
I studied business and economics at the University of Lausanne before training as a journalist and joining SWI swissinfo.ch in 2021.
UN Commission of Inquiry concludes genocide is taking place in Gaza
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The report's authors point to the responsibility of Israeli leaders and call on states to act. Its publication has drawn little reaction in Europe.
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Is genocide being committed in Gaza? While more and more experts in international law say it is, the issue continues to divide opinion.
Aid workers race against clock after earthquake in Afghanistan
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With winter approaching, humanitarian workers in Afghanistan are short of resources and are struggling to reach victims of a deadly earthquake, especially women.
Human Rights Council meets in Geneva amid budget crisis
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The UN’s main human rights body has begun its final session of the year in a context of budgetary woes and geopolitical tensions.
Egyptian, Chinese and Russian dissidents tracked and threatened in Switzerland
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Repression by autocratic states abroad is also happening in Switzerland, and the human rights hub Geneva is particularly exposed to this threat.
Egyptian repression targets journalist even in exile
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Surveillance, intimidation, threats: for years, Egyptian journalist Basma Mostafa has suffered reprisals from her country of origin.
Why five European countries want to allow anti-personnel mines again
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The three Baltic countries, Poland and Finland have decided to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines. Why now?
Cambodia’s Tun Channareth renews fight for mine-free world in Geneva
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A long-standing campaigner against anti-personnel mines, Cambodian Tun Channareth was in Geneva to defend the convention banning them, which has been weakened by the withdrawal of several Eastern European countries.
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The United Nations Charter turns 80 at a time when Israel, Iran and the US have been launching missile attacks and Russia is continuing its invasion of Ukraine.
Who will come to the aid of a humanitarian system left behind by the West?
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Emerging players such as China and the Gulf states could step up their financial contributions – but are likely to bypass the UN system.
US withdrawal from WHO puts global health in jeopardy
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Donald Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) will leave a gaping hole in the budget of the Geneva-based health agency.
UN Human Rights Council faces a shifting world order
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The first session of the year of the UN's main human rights body will be marked by the absence of the US, a tight budget and a rebalancing of forces.
War in Ukraine erodes European support for humanitarian disarmament
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The withdrawal of Lithuania from the convention banning cluster munitions has raised concerns among NGOs that this decision will encourage other states, worried about their own security, to disassociate themselves from treaties designed to protect civilians in wartime.
