UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers held a memorial service last week in honour of Lance Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo of the Spanish Army, who died in the line of duty five years ago while serving for peace in south-eastern…
On 6 February 2020, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Ms. Natacha Gomes, the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Luxembourg, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed the…
“Women and men have equal rights and if we are given that opportunity, I think we will be able to participate fully in governance, and we can do anything that a man can do.” That was the view of Abuk Monykuer a participant at…
Senior officers from opposition forces living in cantonment sites in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have received training to help them better understand the laws that protect children caught up in armed…
The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has visited Malakal where she met with local authorities and toured the United Nations hospital that has been constructed by British army…
When members of the Murle, Jie and Kachipo communities first met at a peace dialogue they sat separately, reflecting the tense and complex relationship that has developed as the result of persistent violent clashes between…
When members of the Murle, Jie and Kachipo communities first met at a peace dialogue they sat separately, reflecting the tense and complex relationship that has developed as the result of persistent violent clashes between…
Central Kasai province determined to set up a provincial Truth, Reconciliation and Justice commission. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU Kananga, February 5, 2020 - The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and the…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Italy conducted a five-day long training with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the Chewakeer training base in Tyre, south Lebanon. Innovative patrolling…
“Now that they train together, eat together and command together, peace has come. I am convinced that they will protect us and our country together.” That optimistic opinion was expressed by Bor resident, Achol Deng Nai…
Disputes over grazing land, cattle-raiding, revenge killings, a proliferation of guns in the hands of civilians and hate speech are all contributing to a spate of violent clashes in the Tonj region of South Sudan. Political…
Chiefs in the Aweil region of South Sudan have learnt the difference between using traditional justice processes and the need to refer criminal cases to legal courts during a human rights workshop organized by the United…