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Where are the women at the top of the UN? The United Nations is 75 years old this year, and it has had nine secretaries general. But not one of them has been a woman. Back in 2016 when candidates to succeed Ban Ki Moon were throwing their hats into the ring, there was a real feeling that the right moment might finally have come to have a woman at the top of the UN. This content was published on April 20, 2021 - 16:00 April 20, 2021 - 16:00 Imogen Foulkes In a voting process that was more trans...

Genocide: why we apply the term sparingly It is regarded as the worst of all crimes, but what constitutes genocide? This content was published on April 6, 2021 - 10:00 April 6, 2021 - 10:00 Imogen Foulkes How does it differ from crimes against humanity? How are the atrocities of 1970’s Cambodia different from 1990’s Rwanda? What about Myanmar, or Xinjiang in China? Why have so few people ever been convicted of genocide? And why do human rights groups themselves use the term so carefully? I...

When do large-scale killings constitute genocide? The term genocide has been in the news recently, in particular in connection with China’s treatment of its ethnic Uighur population. But as Imogen Foulkes writes, the restrictive definition of the word makes applying the term anything but easy. This content was published on April 6, 2021 - 15:00 April 6, 2021 - 15:00 Imogen Foulkes We’ve just come to the end of another lengthy session of the UN Human Rights Council, at which some very grave...

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6 Ce billet est signé par un blogueur de la plateforme de Blogs en partenariat avec la Tribune de Genève et n’engage pas la rédaction. Le conseiller dEtat genevois Pierre Maudet arrive au Palais de Justice pour son procès. Pierre Albouy Newspapers in France have scrupulously covered the trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who was found guilty of corruption and influence-peddling by a court in Paris and sentenced to prison. The United States press is continually reporting on ...

Is Facebook a danger to democracy? Published on Share Billions of us use social media – but how much control do we have over how it uses us? Big tech giant Facebook could block news content for its users in Australia without asking anyone. Authoritarian regimes use social media to promote their sometimes violent policies. Has the information sharing we once thought so liberating become a danger to democracy and to human rights? In this episode host Imogen Foul...

Billions of us use social media – but how much control do we have over how it uses us?

Debate Over Platform Accountability Changes Under Biden If both parties are united in calls for reform, theyre split on what reform should look like — leaving Internet companies stuck in a limbo amid discussions of a massive forced change to their business model. by Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times / March 1, 2021 The Russians won’t be alone in spreading disinformation in 2020. Their most likely imitator will be Iran...

Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong Published on Share One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health. When can we get vaccinated? When can we meet friends again? When, oh when, will this virus give up? It’s been interesting, reporting on Covid-19 over the last 12 months, to re-assess some of their answers one year on. In this week’s episode of our podcast...

Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health. This content was published on February 9, 2021 - 15:00 February 9, 2021 - 15:00 Imogen Foulkes When can we get vaccinated? When can we meet friends again? When, oh when, will this virus give up? It’s been interesting, reporting on Covid-19 over the last 12 months, to re-assess some of their answers one year...