May 2021 | International Law Alerts | International Humanitarian Law

 

The foreign ministers of G7 countries are discussing a range of “critical global issues” including the coup in Myanmar, an official statement said on Tuesday.

UN Security Council (UNSC)’s open debate on the tensions between Israel and Palestine amid the former’s attacks in Gaza ended with no concrete outcome.

UN Security Council (UNSC)’s open debate on the tensions between Israel and Palestine amid the former’s attacks in Gaza ended with no concrete outcome.

The Philippine government is on standby with evacuation plans ready for Filipinos as violence rages on between Gaza and Israel.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has vowed to investigate the 1,506 atrocities and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations committed by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), collectively known as communist terrorist groups (CTGs), from 2010 to 2020.

UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing dire food insecurity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after months of conflict.

Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan on Tuesday to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities.

The UN health agency has added its weight to calls for regular humanitarian access to Gaza, where two dozen medical facilities have now come under attack through Israeli air strikes, along with healthcare personnel.

The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which one Malawian blue helmet was killed.