The British government is consulting on changes to the Gender Recognition Act, including whether to allow gender self-identification.
- Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
While his appointment as UN Secretary-General was a huge breakthrough, Kofi Annan also led the organisation through some of its ugliest moments.
While not exactly surprising coming from the Trump administration, backing out of a major UN body is bound to have serious consequences.
Shocking allegations of abuse by Oxfam aid workers in Haiti are testament to how badly the aid sector needs deep, systemic reform.
Refugees’ rights are protected by international law. Why are the Rohingya being returned home?
UN appointments frequently centre as much on politics as they do on qualifications for the role.
The UN has finally created a specific role to uphold LGBT rights, but its first mandate-holder is resigning after just a year.
If it were a film, viewers would say it’s too far-fetched to be believable.
By not acknowledging what Haitians themselves think they need, the UN is failing to sort out one of its worst ever blunders.
Cutting off funds for crucial UN bodies could have disastrous consequences for the world order.
Leaders in Davos are being asked to consider how global cooperation could be reinvigorated. They could do worse than start with UN reforms.
Les Nations unies ont présenté leurs excuses aux Haïtiens pour avoir introduit le choléra dans leur pays. Le débat porte maintenant sur le financement des compensations.
After admitting that its peacekeepers brought the disease to the country, the organisation must make financial amends too.
States who want to keep criminalising LGBT people are trying to stop the UN from creating a way of investigating them.
The UN’s Charter legally binds it to promote gender equality, but guess what: yes, it’s a man again.
Even if the war in Syria is somehow brought to a close, prosecuting IS members for the crimes they’ve committed won’t be easy.
Discussions at two global summits on migration in New York will do little to do what is needed to change the reality on the ground.
Après des années de tergiversations, les Nations unies ont reconnu leur part de responsabilité dans le déclenchement de l’épidémie. Reste maintenant à assumer financièrement.
It has long been known that UN forces brought disease to the country in the aftermath of an earthquake, but how can amends be made?
Enough tiptoeing around: without ending state discrimination, we have little hope of stopping HIV and AIDS.
The UN might now apologise for poisoning scores of Roma people in Kosovo – but its role in Haiti’s cholera disaster still goes unacknowledged.
The UN has repeatedly failed to hold its personnel accountable for crimes committed in the field. But there are signs that could be changing at last.
The United Nations was born 70 years ago, emerging from the horrors of World War II. After the failure of its predecessor, the League of Nations, the UN heralded the dawn of a new era, with the promise…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has arrived in the UK on an official state visit and it seems that he will largely be welcomed in most quarters. Indeed, the British Conservative government’s approach to…
Saudi Arabia’s criminal justice system – if you can call it that – has suddenly started to attract increased international scrutiny. Reports of the crucifixion sentence for a teenage protester and the…
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