By Michelle Langrand A report by Amnesty International accusing Ukraine’s armed forces of endangering civilian lives has caused outrage, prompting the head of the NGOs Ukrainian branch to quit in protest and the organisation to apologise for the “anger” it has caused. According to the findings, the Ukrainian army has…

By Michelle Langrand Ukraine’s neighboring countries are receiving millions of refugees escaping the bombings. In Russia, they can turn to the Russian Red Cross for help. As the fire exchange continues in the east and south of Ukraine, civilians continue to flee in search of safety. Out of the 8.4…

By Liv Martin The decision to reverse Roe v. Wade — a 50-year-old law protecting the right to abortion in the United States — has reverberated around the world. In Geneva, many within the international community have already condemned the US Supreme Court’s ruling. A wave of statements from high-level…

Liv Martin Speaking to the Human Rights Council on Friday, Egyptian feminist activist Mozn Hassan called on international actors to invest in women activists. Even though Hassan was given only one minute and 30 seconds for her oral statement, she was determined to make this moment on the international stage…

By Liv Martin “Loss and damages” in the context of climate change seems to be a hot topic these days. It began to gain some traction at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, and many are hoping it will be a pillar of the Cop27 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt…

By Liv Martin You’ve seen the headlines. Historic heatwaves are sweeping across the United States. Southern and central Europe experienced record-breaking temperatures in May. India had the hottest temperatures this March since records were first kept over 120 years ago. It is barely summer and this year is already presenting…

By Geneva Solutions Twenty years after joining the United Nations, Switzerland has been elected to the Security Council with 187 votes out of 193. It will hold one of the ten non-permanent seats for from 2023 to 2024. Ecuador, Japan, Malta and Mozambique were also elected. The election of Switzerland…

By Liv Martin In the spirit of international collaboration, 10 think tanks from eight countries around the world will convene for a day of sharing, networking and feedback at the Geneva Global Games. They will participate in a series of tailored workshops designed to bring the winners’ ideas to the…

By Serge Michel The former finance minister of Greece was in Geneva for the Global Investment Forum. He slams the European Union for its half-hearted approach to the war in Ukraine. Yanis Varoufakis served as Greece’s finance minister for six months in 2015, when his country went into bankruptcy. The…