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How to uphold the Universal Declaration on Human Rights

This content was published on Jun 13, 2023 Imogen Foulkes speaks to the very first UN Human Rights Commissioner Jose Ayala Lasso. He's now 91 and looks back the challenges of his job..

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Inside Geneva: universal human rights at 75. Who defends them?

This content was published on Jun 13, 2023 This week Inside Geneva starts a new series marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Silvio Berlusconi died on June 12, 2023.

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Silvio Berlusconi: ‘masseur of the masses’

This content was published on Jun 12, 2023 Reactions to the death of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, aged 86, have been flooding in.

Foreign Affairs

Replica of Alexei Navalny’s cell installed in Geneva

This content was published on Jun 11, 2023 A life-size replica of the cell in which Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is imprisoned has been installed on the Place des Nations in Geneva.

Woman arrested by police in Moscow during protest against Ukraine war mobilisation.

International Geneva

UN rights expert on Russia says she wants to talk to Putin

This content was published on Jun 9, 2023 Will Moscow talk to the new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia, Mariana Katzarova? Exclusive interview.

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International Geneva

Former health official ‘next Swiss Red Cross President’

This content was published on Jun 9, 2023 After heavy criticism of the Swiss Red Cross leadership, former health official Thomas Zeltner will reportedly be nominated as president.

Photo of police officers in the Annecy park in France

Foreign Affairs

Annecy stabbing suspect had sought asylum in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 9, 2023 The man suspected of carrying out a knife attack in the French town of Annecy had applied for asylum in Switzerland.

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Swiss Justice Minister calls EU migration deal a ‘historic step’

This content was published on Jun 9, 2023 Swiss Justice Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider says the new EU migration deal is a “historic step that was urgently needed.”

International Geneva

Funding gap: ICRC calls on big donors to step up

This content was published on Jun 8, 2023 The ICRC is in talks with Switzerland and other big donors to fill its funding gap.

Man with bicycle and humanitarian aid in front of destroyed house in Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss lawmakers reject CHF5bn aid plan for Ukraine

This content was published on Jun 8, 2023 The House of Representatives has refused to back a proposal for a CHF5 billion aid package for war-torn Ukraine over the next five to ten years.

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