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Inside Geneva goes to New York: what really happens at the UN?
November 12, 2024

Send us a textThis week Inside Geneva goes to New York. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly is hearing multiple reports of serious human rights violations.I think its more difficult to get the human rights message [across] here in New York at the G

Love for life in Gaza and COP29’s ethical dilemma in Azerbaijan
October 29, 2024

Send us a textOn Inside Geneva this week we talk to the people behind a new book about life in Gaza, told through the words of those who live there. People are actually travelling in the middle of a war, in the middle of Gaza at midnight the peak of th

Does it matter to the UN who’s in the White House?
October 15, 2024

Send us a textThe presidential elections in the United States (US) are just a couple of weeks away. What will they mean for international affairs, for Ukraine, for the Middle East, for humanitarian work, for international law and for the United Nations (U

Special episode: A year of war in the Middle East
October 07, 2024

Send us a textIts been one year since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. Twelve months of violent conflict have followed, with tens of thousands dead. We look back at our coverage over the past year.What we have to deal with is the immense stupidi

Forty years of the convention against torture: are we honouring it?
October 01, 2024

Send us a textFor 40 years, there has been an absolute ban on torture. But it still happensHorrific things can happen to you. Nobody is there to help you. Nobody is there to document it, etc. And I think sometimes we speak about torture without putting

Can the UN's Summit for the Future tackle today’s toughest challenges?
September 17, 2024

Send us a textThis month the United Nations (UN) will host the Summit of the Future in New York. What's the point of this high-level event? Inside Geneva investigates.The UN is not an entity that does anything. I mean, we can all blame it, but what is

Special episode: Can the WTO shape a fairer world economy?
September 10, 2024

Send us a textThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum is underway in Geneva and its key theme is re-globalisation. Are we nervous of that word? Inside Geneva sat down with WTO officials to find out what it means.Trade has been a very powerful f

Summer profiles: Recognising and supporting survivors of sexual violence
September 03, 2024

Send us a textConflict-related sexual violence has existed for as long as war itself forever.It is a weapon of war. I would say its a weapon of mass destruction. It is really maximising harm, says Esther Dingemans, Executive Director of the Global Su

Summer profiles: Afghan women’s struggle against Taliban oppression
August 20, 2024

Send us a textIts three years since the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Inside Geneva talks to an Afghan human rights defender.I was scared and I could see it coming. Yes, I mean, I think for the women of Afghanistan, we knew that the Taliban

Special episode: World Humanitarian Day stories from crisis zones
August 19, 2024

Send us a textJoin us for a special extra edition of Inside Geneva to mark World Humanitarian Day, with testimonies from aid workers who have given their all and who have often lost a great deal.So I had taken him to the airport together with our child