Today, 11 March 2018, the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session, electedJudge Chile Eboe-Osuji (Nigeria) as President of the Court for a three-year term with immediate effect. Judge Robert Fremr (Czech Republic) was elected First Vice-President and Judge…
Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, has today launched a public call for evidence on a new strategy that will harnesses the power of communities, charities, and businesses to help build a fairer society. The engagement exercise for the Civil Society Strategy…
Statement by High Representative/ Vice-President Federica Mogherini on the occasion of World NGO Day On World NGO Day, we celebrate the outstanding role civil society plays in ensuring that fundamental human rights are respected, that no one is left behind.…
Angered by “unfair” pay cuts, UN staff in Geneva are planning a half-day strike on Tuesday, as dozens of ministers and other dignitaries attend high-level events at the organisation’s European headquarters. “We have tried other forms of protest before, to…
The government of the Caribbean republic is investigating how the charity handled the case of some staff paying for sex workers in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. The Haiti government has suspended Oxfam GB from operating in the country for two…
Olivier Mukuta and his team were among the winners at the first “blockchain hackathon” co-organized by UN Women and Innovation Norway in July 2017. Muktua’s team developed ‘VipiCash’, an app that uses blockchain technology to enable secure money transfer among…
