Geneva Solutions • 21st March 2023

Global freight shunning the climate sunlight - Geneva Solutions

As the calls to accelerate climate action pile up, freight operators are increasingly under pressure to do their part and become more sustainable. But the transition is set to be a difficult one as the sector grapples with unprecedented global challenges.

Geneva Solutions • 16th March 2023

Peru protests: when humanitarian aid runs scarce

Angered by deadly state violence and government deception, Indigenous Peruvians have committed themselves to protest until their calls for justice are heard. But maintaining pressure on authorities comes at a cost while traditional aid response remains limited.

Geneva Solutions • 9th March 2023

Peru continues to quash protests despite scolding from international community

Peru has come under growing pressure from international organisations for alleged human rights abuses during ongoing anti-government protests. But actions on the ground show that the government is yet to internalise any criticism.

Geneva Solutions • 2nd March 2023

UN report concludes crimes against humanity committed in Nicaragua

A group of experts investigating human rights abuses in Nicaragua warned of crimes against humanity as well as humanitarian impacts for the region.

Geneva Solutions • 28th February 2023

Human Rights Council: picking up after global human rights abuses

Opening at a conjuncture of UN and global anniversaries, the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council points to a growing number of rights violations that the body has to take on.

Geneva Solutions • 23rd February 2023

One year of war: how international Geneva stepped up for Ukraine

A year since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, UN and other humanitarian organisations have made their presence felt in the war-torn country and beyond.

Geneva Solutions • 20th February 2023

Gang violence testing humanitarian response in Haiti

A recent visit to Haiti by the UN human rights chief provided a reminder of the challenges in delivering aid amid worsening gang violence as well as what international presence in the country has meant for the population.

Geneva Solutions • 15th February 2023

Minding the gap on sexual abuse at WHO

After a wave of sexual abuse allegations at the WHO, the agency says a mechanism now exists to tackle the issue. But for survivors, little appears to have changed.

Geneva Solutions • 8th February 2023

Geneva aid groups stretched as they scramble to respond to Turkey-Syria quake

A major earthquake along the Turkey-Syria border has revealed deep fault lines and gaps in the humanitarian system in a region already rendered vulnerable by a history of conflict and geopolitics.

Geneva Solutions • 7th February 2023

Swiss Red Cross shakeup sparks ramification fears

The global aid movement known for its inverted Swiss flag emblem and the response it provides to those most in need is seeing its home country organisation face its worst internal crisis ever.

Geneva Solutions • 31st January 2023

Emitters beware: WMO wants to find you

As pressure mounts for climate action, scientific experts meet at the WMO to discuss how countries can better measure their heat trapping emissions

Geneva Solutions • 27th January 2023

Indigenous leader seeks support in Geneva amid Peru's turmoil

Peru took centre stage this week at the Human Rights Council as delegations came down on ongoing human rights violations during the country’s scheduled rights review. But civil society groups are hoping that the international community can go further, to bring lasting justice to the country’s long-forgotten populations.

Geneva Solutions • 24th January 2023

Davos takes on climate finance: a lot of unanswered questions

As life in Davos returns to normal after a week of the resort’s most famous business huddle, climate action appears to rely on the goodwill and positive risk assessments by global firms and their CEOs.

Geneva Solutions • 19th January 2023

Amid Davos business talk, international community struggles to find a voice

A week after its managing directors presented an agenda on how a global “polycrisis” will be tackled through better cooperation, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) business-centred focus has returned to centre stage, to the frustration of some of its international neighbours from Geneva and beyond.

Geneva Solutions • 18th January 2023

WEF only ‘about tweaking the system’: rogue business leaders call for real wealth distribution

Fifty years after a group of economists, business people and scientists called for a rethink of the economic growth models, the climate crisis and rising social inequalities have brought a new urgency to the need to find new solutions. But it’s not on Davos’s formal guest list that the instigators of that line of thought can be found.

Geneva Solutions • 13th January 2023

Davos strapped between old and new as economy, war and climate set to dominate agenda

Three years after its last live January meeting set in a snowy Davos, the World Economic Forum is expecting “record participation” at its global annual hobnobbing event. Its agenda suggests a mix between economic discussions over a waning global economy and responding to emerging global crises, with climate concerns in the forefront.

Geneva Solutions • 4th January 2023

WHO pressures China to come clean on Covid

Senior officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) have pressured China to provide more Covid-19 data as cases continue to rise globally.

Geneva Solutions • 3rd January 2023

NGOs deem Taliban female staff ban ‘unacceptable’: aid group head

With half of the country’s population already requiring urgent humanitarian support, a number of major Western aid groups said they were forced to suspend operations when authorities prohibited women aid employees from working for allegedly not complying with the proper use of hijab, or the Muslim head-scarf.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 3rd January 2023

Puerto Rico prepares to possibly become new US state

In November 2023, Puerto Ricans may vote on whether they want to become the 51 US state or gain full independence. Washington – for the first time ever – has signalled a possible green light to allow for a binding vote.

Geneva Solutions • 21st December 2022

Qatar World Cup: armbands, UN visits and the FIFA middleman

Right till the end, FIFA president Gianni Infantino kept plugging the line to journalists that the football championship in Qatar was the “best World Cup ever”. But amid the breathtaking games and drama on the field, controversies regarding the bidding process and human rights issues that may have been shoved aside in full view of UN agencies such as WHO and ILO, left clouds hanging over the pitch.