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Geneva International Centre for Justice - GICJ

Today, however, it has expanded and operates in documenting human rights violations across many other nations.

GICJ is an international, independent, non-profit NGO, works closely with the United Nations in upholding the principles of human rights, access to justice & rule of law Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) is an independent non-governmental organisation that operates under the Swiss Civil Code with the primary aim of enhancing human rights norms, access to justice and rule of law in developing regions around the world. This organisation was initially founded in 2009 by Dr Hans von Sponeck, Sabah Al-Mukhtar and Naji Haraj due to the immense devastation and massive war damages in the wake of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq since 2003. GICJ primarily serves as an independent observer of human rights violations. We work closely with the United Nations in documenting these violations, raising global awareness, and enhancing access to justice for affected victims by examining all legal means possible. The organisation also works closely with a coalition of other Swiss-based NGOs and international organisations, and share an extensive network with lawyers, academics, universities, research centres and human rights experts around the world. Our organisation has participated, without fail, in most meetings of UN Human Rights bodies in Geneva. In addition to our work with the United Nations, we also work closely with various other organisations in attempting to mediate and resolve human rights conflicts through dialogue and negotiations, whenever and wherever possible. Additionally, as experts in the human rights field, we often organize forums and training workshops to educate people about human rights norms, violations and mechanisms to prevent them. For more information, visit our website at http://www.gicj.org

15/09/2026

𝐇𝐑𝐂𝟔𝟑: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝? 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

𝐵𝑦 𝑁𝑖𝑛̃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

“Enforced disappearance is not confined to the moment when the person is taken. Its consequences continue for as long as the truth remains concealed and families are denied answers and justice,” as stated by Ms Grażyna Baranowska, Chair Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 15 September 2026.
Ms Baranowska reported that the Working Group transmitted 1,723 new cases of enforced disappearance across 36 States, the highest total recorded in an annual reporting period over the past decade. However, these numbers do not reflect the actual number of cases of enforced disappearance, which often go unreported due to fear of reprisal and lack of access. Victims, their families, human rights defenders, and civil society face relentless reprisals, harassment, intimidation, and criminalisation simply for seeking truth and justice.
The report noted numerous concerns, particularly enforced disappearance during armed conflicts targeting civilians and children, as well as regressive measures, transnational repression, cross-border transfers, and involuntary returns (A/HRC/63/28). These unlawful acts undermine the collective effort to pursue truth and justice.
The Working Group urges States to adopt comprehensive measures to address the root causes of enforced disappearances, conduct independent and impartial investigations, hold perpetrators accountable, and recognise memorialisation as a crucial form of reparation and truth-seeking (A/HRC/63/28).

Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) echoes the Working Group’s call for States to uphold their international obligations. We call on States to fully cooperate in investigating enforced disappearance cases, prosecute perpetrators, and guarantee the protection of victims, their families, human rights defenders and civil society from reprisals, intimidation, and harassment. GICJ recognises the importance of memorialisation as a form of reparation and encourages States to establish a comprehensive legal mechanism for reparation schemes.

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15/09/2026

𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝?

𝐵𝑦 𝐽𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎ℎ 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑎𝑗𝑖 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

In the past three months, there have been three attacks targeting humanitarian warehouses in Ukraine. In all of 2026, there have been 15 confirmed attacks. These warehouses, which are used by both the United Nations and the World Health Organisation as part of the health agency, are holding humanitarian and medical supplies for civilians impacted by the conflict.

UN agency spokesman Christian Lindmeier explained that "access to the site [of the most recent attack] remains restricted due to dense smoke and safety concerns, while assessments of potential damage and stock losses continue."

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the World Health Organization has verified more than 3000 attacks on the Ukrainian health system. This humanitarian aid is vital to those on the front line who require medical supplies as a result of the persisting attacks. Targeting humanitarian aid is contrary to international humanitarian law and is slowing down the rebuilding of Ukraine while the death toll continues to rise.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉) condemns the repeated attacks in Ukraine, especially those targeting civilians and humanitarian aid facilities. 𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉 urges the international community and other states to get involved to restore peace, security, and the protection of human rights in the region.

15/09/2026

𝐇𝐑𝐂𝟔𝟑: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

𝐵𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

During the Interactive Dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development at the 63rd session of the Human rights council, the Expert Mechanism presented two thematic studies on climate finance and artificial intelligence for the realisation of the right to development.

On climate finance, the Expert Mechanism stressed vulnerability, responsibility, meaningful participation and international cooperation. It highlighted concerns surrounding carbon markets and financial flows, calling for stronger safeguards and equitable benefit-sharing, particularly for developing countries, indigenous peoples and women.

Regarding Artificial Intelligence, the Expert Mechanism recognised its potential to support development while warning that unequal access could reinforce existing inequalities. Particular concern was raised over the use of cultural heritage and traditional knowledge to train AI systems without consent or fair benefit-sharing, and called for governance grounded in international human rights law and human rights due diligence.

Several delegations emphasised the unequal impact of climate change on developing countries. Speaking on behalf of the African Group, Kenya stressed that Africa has contributed least to climate change while remaining among the most affected, warning that climate finance must not increase debt or replace development assistance. Zambia similarly stated that developing countries should not be forced to choose between climate resilience and investment in core services.

Delegations also warned that technological advancement must not reproduce global inequalities, with Cuba calling for stronger governance frameworks, while Indonesia emphasised the importance of consent and benefit-sharing in both AI design and governance.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉) stresses that climate action and technological progress must advance, rather than undermine, the right to development. This requires focus on benefit sharing, with particular focus on developing regions not being left in a state of dependency. 𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉 calls on member states to strengthen human rights-based climate and AI governance, ensure meaningful participation of affected communities, and advance international cooperation capable of addressing persistent structural inequalities.

14/09/2026

𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝: 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝?

𝐵𝑦 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑖𝑟 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

A death in police custody has reopened one of Syria’s darkest issues: torture.

Mohammad Ghamira, a 29 year old father and former White Helmets volunteer, died after spending three days in police custody in Latakia. Ghamira had haemophilia, and his family reportedly warned authorities about his medical condition. According to reports, he was nevertheless severely beaten while detained and later died from internal bleeding after his release. His death has triggered protests in Aleppo and Damascus, with demonstrators demanding accountability.

The case is particularly disturbing because it comes almost two years after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, whose prisons became synonymous with systematic torture, enforced disappearances and deaths in detention. Human rights groups have warned that abusive practices have continued under different security and armed groups in post-Assad Syria.

Syrian authorities say they are investigating Ghamira’s death and have detained seven Interior Ministry personnel in connection with the case. But the incident raises a much larger question: can Syria build a new justice system without dismantling the culture of impunity that allowed torture to flourish?

The question is particularly striking given that, just days earlier, a Syrian court sentenced Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes including killings, torture and crimes against humanity. Former security official, Atef Najib, who was tried in person, also received a death sentence. The verdicts represent a major step toward accountability for the Assad era, but they also highlight the challenge facing Syria today: justice cannot end with punishing yesterday’s perpetrators; it must prevent tomorrow’s victims.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉) stresses that the prohibition of torture is absolute under international law. No political transition, security concern or alleged offence can justify torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. We encourage Syria’s new authorities to ensure independent investigations, accountability for perpetrators, protection of detainees and effective remedies for victims.

A Syria without Assad should be a Syria without torture. The real test of the transition is whether the prisons and the institutions behind them truly change.
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14/09/2026

𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐓𝐮̈𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐲𝐞'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐰

𝐵𝑦 𝑆𝑎𝑟𝑎ℎ 𝑒𝑙 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

A month ago, on 8 August 2026, Türkiye's Parliament passed amendments to the Child Protection Law that fundamentally reshaped how the country handles young offenders. The most consequential change: children convicted of certain crimes could now face lengthy prison sentences, including life imprisonment.
The law also alters where child offenders are held. Currently, they are placed directly in rehabilitative, education-based institutions designed to support reintegration. Under the new provisions, they would instead be mandatorily detained in closed juvenile institutions first, with any transfer to an education-focused setting subject to a separate assessment. In practice, this reverses the presumption in favour of rehabilitation and replaces it with one favouring confinement.

Not everything in the reform is contentious. The amendments also aim to improve coordination between child protection and education services, to restrict children's access to fi****ms, and other measures generally welcomed by child rights advocates.
But it's the sentencing and detention changes that have drawn international attention. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk responded on 13 August, saying he was "particularly alarmed" by the possibility of life imprisonment for children, and calling on Turkish authorities to bring the law into full alignment with the country's international human rights obligations.
His intervention reflects a broader principle in international law: that depriving a child of liberty should be a measure of last resort, used for the shortest appropriate time and that justice systems for minors should be built around accountability paired with rehabilitation, not retribution.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉) believes that a system of justice that treats children primarily as subjects of punishment, rather than individuals capable of change, undermines the very purpose juvenile justice is meant to serve. 𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉 calls on Türkiye to reconsider these provisions and ensure its Child Protection Law remains anchored in rehabilitation and the best interests of the child.

11/09/2026

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐩: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

By Mihretab Mekonnen Beyene (GICJ)

On September 4, 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted the non-binding "Correct the Map" resolution by a vote of 164 to 1, promoting the Equal Earth projection over the 457-year-old Mercator map. Championed by African States acting through the Africa Group, the campaign highlighted a basic fact: the 1569 Mercator projection renders Africa roughly the size of Greenland, though the continent is in reality about fourteen times larger.

As African delegations and supporting member states argued before the General Assembly, this distortion was never a neutral drafting choice. It institutionalized a Eurocentric bias that has, for generations, minimized equatorial regions in public education, media, and international perception. Proponents were careful to note that a fair map does not alter physical geography — it alters perception, and perception carries consequences for how seriously a continent's claims are taken. Having long advocated for this correction, Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) welcomes the resolution as a necessary, if overdue, step toward cartographic accuracy.

Adopting an accurate map, however, does not dismantle the structural asymmetries of the international order.
Redrawing a graphic requires no political sacrifice from anyone, which partly explains the ease of consensus. GICJ emphasizes that the international community should not mistake symbolic visibility for structural redress.

The disadvantages constraining Africa's sovereign development remain firmly in place. Home to over 1.4 billion rights-holders, the continent continues to bear the compounding socioeconomic consequences of historical atrocities, including transatlantic enslavement and colonial rule. National balance sheets reflect this: external debt-servicing obligations, arising from a financial architecture in whose design African States played a limited role, frequently exceed combined domestic expenditure on public health and education. Within multilateral human rights discourse, this pattern is understood not as market misfortune but as a structural feature of an international financial system that continues to reproduce underdevelopment.

Member States have previously addressed these realities in normative terms. The 2001 Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA) established a clear political and moral consensus, identifying slavery and colonialism as root causes of contemporary systemic racism and socioeconomic deprivation. Decades earlier, the 1974 Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order raised comparable objections to the terms governing global trade and finance. Both commitments remain constrained by the same obstacle: a persistent shortfall of political will to implement what has already been agreed.

GICJ maintains that genuine international justice requires moving well beyond cartographic correction to confront the underlying drivers of global inequality. Honoring the spirit of the DDPA calls for concrete measures: debt relief, reform of the international financial institutions that set the terms under which African States operate, and a more representative global governance architecture, including equitable, permanent representation for Africa on the UN Security Council.

Africa should not only be rendered accurately on a map. Its sovereign agency and historical claims deserve to be taken just as seriously across every organ of international decision-making.
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11/09/2026

𝐇𝐑𝐂𝟔𝟑: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐵𝑦 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑠ℎ / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

In her report, Ms Katarina Schwarz, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons, noted that “[t]he manifestations of slavery and trafficking today reflect a tapestry of intersecting forces, including the structural conditions and architecture of societies, economies and polities shaped by long records”. On 11 September 2026, at the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur presented her report on the challenges of addressing modern slavery and human trafficking (A/HRC/63/36), alongside her findings from her official visit to Brazil (A/HRC/63/36/Add.1).

The interactive dialogue that followed the presentation of the report enabled States and non-governmental organisations to assess how the intersecting crises of climate change, migration, displacement and poverty have exacerbated vulnerabilities among at-risk groups. Amid such volatility, businesses have been exploiting the compounded vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers and workers in precarious or informal employment, prioritising profit maximisation over the protection of human rights.
Exploitative business practices that discriminate against, exclude or marginalise vulnerable individuals are structural drivers of modern slavery and human trafficking that must be addressed through a coordinated response involving both State and non-State actors. Accordingly, the Special Rapporteur recommended that States enact and enforce robust legislative frameworks to ensure corporate accountability. Additionally, she emphasised that policy measures informed by the lived experiences of survivors could help close accountability gaps. To build greater resilience into these systems, she further recommended that technology companies partner with governments to collect evidence of human rights abuses, identify sites or practices of exploitation and undertake necessary due diligence before human rights violations occur.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐉) expresses concern over the increasing use of exploitative practices by corporations and business entities prioritising profit maximisation over the protection of human rights. It asserts that the human rights of all workers are inviolable and any business or private-sector entity that fails to respect and protect these rights must be held accountable. GICJ acknowledges that the compounded vulnerabilities faced by workers, particularly migrants, women and racial or ethnic minorities, render them more susceptible to discrimination, marginalisation and exclusion. It further urges both State and non-State actors to adopt measures to prevent and address human rights abuses in business operations, supply chains and corporate practices.

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09/09/2026

𝟔𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐑𝐂: 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐈 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞

𝐵𝑦 𝑁𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑟𝑎 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒 / 𝐺𝐼𝐶𝐽

As Syria nears two years since the former government fell, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic’s has highlighted progress alongside continuing challenges.

At the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Commissioner Fionnuala Ní Aoláin noted Syria’s significant transformation. The People’s Assembly has been established, opening prospects for representative government, while millions of Syrians have returned home as reconstruction has accelerated. The Syrian Democratic Forces have also announced dissolution and integration into state forces. The Commission welcomed these achievements and thanked the Syrian Government’s continued access for investigations.
The Syrian delegation also outlined steps towards transitional justice. The Transitional Justice Council has prepared a draft programme centred on victim participation, while investigations continue. According to the delegation, new legislation and a constitutional declaration have led to verdicts against perpetrators, with 1,147 cases under investigation and around 1,333 before the Office of the Prosecutor.

The National Missing Persons Commission has also been established. It has launched consultations involving victims, opened counselling centres and developed witness testimony mechanisms. The delegation reported 194 cases concerning missing persons, some with international bodies. Syria has drafted a national strategy to combat torture committed under the former regime and address past cases.

The Commission nevertheless stressed that serious challenges persist, including selective accountability, unresolved violations linked to violence in the coast and Sweida, deaths in detention, arrests of government critics, hate speech and threats against women activists. It also raised concerns about reported violations during operations in Aleppo and the northeast, as well as continued Israeli violations in Syria, which the Commission warned that “such acts may amount to war crimes”.

The Commission concluded that momentum towards greater respect for human rights in Syria remains high and should be supported through concrete action.

08/09/2026

𝐇𝐑𝐂𝟔𝟑: 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝘉𝘺 𝐿𝑎𝑤𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑟 / 𝘎𝘐𝘊𝘑

Human-rights mechanisms frequently identify discrimination, exclusion, hate speech, dehumanization, impunity, and other warning signs long before violence escalates into genocide or other atrocity crimes. The challenge is not the absence of information, the Human Rights Council (HRC) and UN systems generate significant and adequate information to identify emerging atrocity risks, however they often fail to consistently translate early warnings into timely political action that can effectively protect the people they were designed to serve. This failure becomes evident in ongoing atrocities in Myanmar, Palestine, Sudan and many other communities around the world.

On the second day of the 63rd session of the UNHRC (8 September 2026), the UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide held a side event to address how the HRC, its mechanisms, treaty bodies, UN offices, Member States and civil society can collaborate to turn human-rights information and early warnings into preventative action before atrocity crimes occur. The panelists called for strengthening the linkage between the HRC and UN systems to establish a system that directly addresses the hallmarks of genocide and moves away from the ad hoc model, which fails to prevent irreversible realities. As Secretary Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Chaloka Beyani puts it, “We should not wait until a crisis reaches the headlines, because by then the space for peaceful intervention has narrowed.”
The main recommendations from the panelists were to strengthen coordination between the HRC, UN mechanisms, Member States, and civil society so that early warnings are translated into timely preventive action. Speakers emphasized acting on warning signs before atrocities escalate, with clear, actionable recommendations, sustained monitoring, and accountability.

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗝) echoes the panelists calls to strengthen collaboration between UN systems at the Prevention of Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes side meeting. We urge States to uphold their responsibility to protect its population from atrocity crimes and call on the international community to assist States in fulfilling that obligation.

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