There was 'no desire from the other contracting parties to postpone or continue,' says Franz Perrez, head of directorate of international law at Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - Anadolu A

A UN body of independent experts accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity by blocking all aid to Gaza after reneging on a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Switzerland's security is inextricably linked to that of the wider European continent, the neutral country's outgoing defence minister said on Saturday, warning that geopolitics was currently shifting at a worrying speed.

There is no sufficient cross-regional critical mass supporting the text of the Final Draft Declaration,' says Foreign Ministry

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The request was triggered by the Israeli-Palestinian war, which was still raging at the time.

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Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the Geneva Conventions and the occupied Palestinian territories, Bern said Thursday. The country cited a lack of consensus after some countries expressed dissatisfaction with a draft declaration circulated among members.

Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the situation of civilians living in the Israeli-occupied territories, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of division and anger who see human rights as a barrier to their quest for power and profit.

The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan,

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States when it comes to human rights. Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights,