"WAR CRIMES"

The UN Human Rights Office made a renewed plea for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza and for humanitarian workers to be protected, in the wake of the deaths this week of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen. OHCHR / UNTV CH

Israel's "genocidal incitement" against Palestinians in Gaza transcends the scope of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory alleged on Wednesday. UNTV CH

The Security Council approved a resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. UNIFEED

UN humanitarians warned that mass casualties are looming in parts of Gaza because of dire food shortages in the Strip that surpass famine thresholds - unless a ceasefire urgently allows for a substantial influx of food aid. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “The projected imminent famine in Gaza can and must be prevented.” OHCHR

Fresh evidence of severe and systematic abuse, including likely war crimes, perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine were revealed by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. UNTV CH

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council that “clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment have been committed against hostages” and added there are “reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may still be ongoing against those in captivity.” UNIFEED

In its latest report on Israeli settlements, published on Friday, the UN Human Rights Office reiterated that the establishment and continuing expansion of settlements amount to the transfer by Israel of its own civilian population into the territories that it occupies, which amounts to a war crime under international law. UNTV CH / OHCHR

The crisis in Sudan is a tragedy that appears to have slipped into the fog of global amnesia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the UN Human Rights Council. UNTV CH / OHCHR

After almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in the Palestinian enclave which has left more than 30,000 dead, the UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that for peace to be achievable in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, “occupation must end.” UNTV CH