Impact of disinformation on the enjoyment and realization of human rights by UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee   Lies spread faster than the truth. Impact of disinformation on the enjoyment and realization of human rights - United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (Extract):   Digital technologies and social media platforms have drastically changed the global information environment. These advancements have democratized access to information and enhanced the communication and dissemination of ideas of all kinds, facilitating the dissemination of and access to disinformation.   While disinformation and the involvement of State, corporate and other actors are not new, disinformation is now spread at a larger scale owing to digital technologies, posing a risk to the integrity of the information system, including to existing processes for assessing the veracity of information.   The inability to verify information undermines freedom of information. Disinformation is used as a weapon against minorities and opponents to threaten, discriminate and silence, and thus corrodes freedom of expression and other rights.   This evolution is taking place against the backdrop of growing authoritarianism and democratic backsliding, the undermining of the international public order, diminishing trust in conventional media and public institutions, poor media literacy, the digital divide, wealth inequalities, polarization and a triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution).   As acknowledged and shown in United Nations resolutions, reports and other documents, disinformation can pose a threat to democracy and the protection and realization of human rights worldwide. For that reason, the United Nations has encouraged measures to enhance access to accurate and trustworthy information and to tackle manipulated and fake information that is intended to cause harm.   United Nations reports make it clear that businesses’ hunger for profit spurs disinformation, and social media companies’ thirst for profit drives the online disinformation machinery. Politicians with conflicting interests have financial and other incentives to spread disinformation. As a result, the ability of Governments to adopt policies based on the best available scientific evidence across all domains is significantly undermined.   The deliberate spread of false information can manipulate public discourse, silence dissenting voices and hinder the free flow of ideas, including with respect to access to scientific and evidence-based information and diverse sources. This has an impact on the ability to engage in informed decision-making, on human agency and on the exercise of other rights, such as the right to health.   Social factors that facilitate the spread and impact of disinformation include political polarization; a lack of media and information literacy; economic barriers in accessing information; an overall decline in trust in society, in particular towards established actors such as traditional media and journalists, which is further compounded by increased harassment of and violence against journalists and decreased funding of traditional media; and the emergence of digital content creators and influencers as new information channels.   Legal factors enabling disinformation include impunity and weak rule of law, the misuse of legal measures, insufficient protection in law or practice of the right to freedom of expression and media independence, the inability of institutions to adapt to fast-changing technological developments, and a lack of accountability, transparency and human rights due diligence on the part of digital platforms.   While States and their conduct in practice and regulation play a central role in the spread of disinformation, it is also facilitated by new digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and the business models of the largest technology companies. Social media platforms and search engines, programmed to optimize the spread of inflammatory content, targeted advertising and the data-harvesting practices of companies drive users towards extreme content and conspiracy theories in ways that feed and amplify disinformation, while diminishing users’ capacities to develop their own views.   In accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, technology and social media companies have a responsibility to prevent, mitigate and remedy human rights abuses; this includes refraining from amplifying or ignoring disinformation that features or perpetuates false and violent content for the sake of engagement and profit.   The State must protect against human rights abuses, including by business enterprises, and take appropriate steps to prevent, investigate, punish and redress such abuse through effective policies, legislation, regulations, adjudication and international cooperation. However, both State and businesses’ responses to threats to human rights have been inadequate and inappropriate.   Often in collaboration with States and other actors, technology companies wield control over information at the expense of the public by having access to an unprecedented volume of data. The asymmetry of power in favour of the profit-driven businesses is enhanced by keeping digital advertising processes complex and opaque, with minimal human oversight.   New and emerging technologies play a vital role in creating and disseminating disinformation. On social platforms, in particular, users upload information, which algorithms then position based on its virality. Platforms can create echo chambers, allowing false narratives to take root and spread within specific communities. This can reinforce existing biases, incite hatred, fuel stereotyping and prevent exposure to diverse perspectives.   As for the individual spreaders of disinformation online, one survey indicates that influencers and personalities (according to 47% of respondents), along with national politicians (also referenced by 47% of respondents), are seen as the biggest threat worldwide.   Artificial intelligence has significantly amplified these challenges. Artificial intelligence-powered tools can generate convincing fake content, including deepfakes (manipulated videos and audio) that are increasingly difficult for humans to detect as manipulated.   Artificial intelligence algorithms can also be used to automate the creation and dissemination of disinformation campaigns, allowing malicious actors to operate at scale and speed, overwhelming traditional fact-checking and content moderation efforts.   Disinformation may challenge access to the free flow of information because it can silence some voices or come to dominate the information space, making it more difficult for people to assess the source of information. This weakens the ability to form informed opinions, participate meaningfully in democratic processes and make informed decisions about one’s life.   Access to health-related information is considered an underlying determinant of the right to health, and entails the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas concerning health issues. False claims about the causes, treatments or prevention of diseases can have serious consequences for public health.   Misleading information about vaccines, for example, can lead to vaccine hesitancy and lower vaccination rates, jeopardizing public health efforts. The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted the negative impact of disinformation on preparedness and response to health emergencies, and on people’s physical and mental health.   Disinformation also has a negative impact on the right, as recognized by the General Assembly, to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. It undercuts the procedural components of that right: access to information, public participation and access to justice. It also erodes the substantive components in terms of undermining environmental rule-making and the implementation of standards.   Disinformation affects women in specific ways due to existing gender inequalities and discriminatory social norms. Disinformation targeting women often exploits gender-based stereotypes, reinforces misogyny and uses sexualized or violent narratives to silence and marginalize their voices, particularly in public life.   Disinformation particularly harms historically and systemically marginalized groups, including racial, ethnic and religious minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and other socially excluded communities, such as persons experiencing homelessness. It reinforces stereotypes, spreads falsehoods, incites discrimination and ultimately deepens existing inequalities.   Racially charged disinformation, in particular, has been used to scapegoat communities, distort historical narratives and justify exclusionary or repressive policies.   Disinformation is often deployed to amplify existing prejudices and social hierarchies. Marginalized groups are frequent targets of false narratives that dehumanize or criminalize them or delegitimize their presence in public discourse. These tactics further erode trust in institutions, contribute to social division and diminish political participation among affected communities.   Disinformation poses a profound threat to human rights defenders, undermining their work, safety and legitimacy. Deliberate campaigns of false or misleading information are used to delegitimize human rights advocacy, discredit defenders and restrict civic space. These attacks involve State and non-State actors exploiting digital platforms to manipulate narratives, incite public hostility and justify surveillance, harassment or criminalization.   An emergent concern identified in the study is disinformation specifically directed at “human rights”, the United Nations system, multilateralism and multiculturalism. Disinformation campaigns increasingly use false information to discredit the general notion of international cooperation and to erode international and regional human rights institutions, international law, United Nations entities, in particular certain agencies, high-level United Nations representatives and international and supranational courts.   Furthermore, such disinformation campaigns are aimed at delegitimizing the work of human rights organizations by portraying them as biased, corrupt or foreign agents. Such disinformation can be applied in a deliberate attempt to distort the understanding of human rights and international law.   Human rights treaties are deliberately misrepresented in order to undermine their public and political support. This creates an environment in which the upholding and progressive development of human rights standards are undermined, and human rights violations are more likely to occur or go unchallenged.   Armed conflicts are fertile ground for disinformation. Disinformation is used to justify the conflict, shift responsibilities and dehumanize the enemy, other groups or populations.   Today, disinformation is considered a key part of information or hybrid warfare. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has noted that digital technology has made it easier for States and non-State actors to interfere in conflicts from across borders.   She has highlighted that State-led disinformation has a potent impact on human rights, the rule of law, democratic processes, national sovereignty and geopolitical stability because of the resources and reach of States and because of their ability to simultaneously suppress independent voices so that there can be no challenge to the official narratives.   Disinformation in armed conflict is all the more devastating, as the right to information in armed conflict functions as a “survival right”, upon which people’s lives, health and safety directly depend.66 Disinformation in conflict zones can misdirect civilians into danger, create panic and undermine humanitarian efforts. It affects not only conflict and warfare, but also peacekeeping and monitoring.   Lack of access to conflict zones by journalists greatly enables the spread of State propaganda and disinformation. The warring countries’ State-owned and State-controlled media can create and amplify disinformation on air, in print and on social media platforms.   Disinformation poses a profound threat to democratic processes, including elections. Election integrity and information integrity are closely connected. By manipulating public opinion, eroding trust and distorting decision-making, disinformation undermines the integrity of elections, weakens democratic institutions and polarizes societies.   Disinformation campaigns can be used to suppress dissent and manipulate political narratives. In that regard, disinformation can be weaponized by political actors in pursuit of specific political objectives. In particular, populist politicians and authoritarian Governments resort to information manipulation, which in turn is enabled and amplified by digital technology into a tsunami of disinformation, misinformation and hate speech.   Modern societies depend on epistemic trust, which allows ordinary people to rely on scientific conclusions as reliable and relevant guidance for their lives. Disinformation ruptures this trust by undermining peoples’ ability to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources.   “Conspiracy theories” – deliberate instruments of disinformation campaigns – provide simple, emotionally satisfying narratives that reduce scientific complexity and nuance to simplistic dualities.   “Conspiracy theories” create false equivalence by presenting theories based on disinformation as legitimate alternatives to scientific consensus. To undermine established science, disinformation is directed at traditional science-generating entities such as universities, public health agencies and climate research bodies.   For decades, major fossil fuel corporations and other businesses, including in the chemicals, plastics and agroindustry sectors, have been funding efforts to cast doubt on environmental science and delay global action to protect the environment.   They have exploited insufficient regulatory frameworks and the absence of adequate accountability to undermine awareness of the severity of the triple planetary crisis and redirect responsibility to consumers; falsely framed emissions reduction as economically unfeasible; promoted ineffective and unproven technological solutions; launched targeted campaigns against scientists, whistle-blowers and environmental human rights defenders; and used litigation, such as strategic litigation against public participation, to counter efforts to hold them accountable for their human rights and environmental violations.   Today, environmental disinformation is spread through a vast number of methods targeting a broad range of issues beyond climate change, including land degradation, plastic and chemical pollution, extractive activities and food and water security.   Disinformation not only distorts public understanding of environmental issues, but also actively obstructs policymaking. It undermines urgent climate action, including for a just transition, and erodes public trust in climate science by spreading false narratives about climate science, policy and solutions.   The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has argued that climate disinformation contributes to misperceptions of the scientific consensus, creates uncertainty and disregards the risk and urgency of the climate crisis.   The Secretary-General has warned that the ability to disseminate large-scale disinformation undermines scientifically established facts is an existential risk to humanity.   All States should create and foster an environment in which everyone has access to reliable, accurate and evidence-based information, and in which the value of that information is affirmed.   States should strengthen efforts through policy frameworks, regulations and the development of national action plans on business and human rights to hold social media and artificial intelligence companies responsible for respecting human rights and implementing practices on due diligence, transparency and accountability, as outlined in the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other relevant United Nations frameworks.   Lies spread faster than the truth. 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	Conflicts between states at the highest level since World War II by institutes for peace and conflict research   June 2026   Peace Report warns of a world of warlords - German institutes for peace and conflict research   In their 2026 Peace Report, four leading German institutes for peace and conflict research analyse the collapse of the international order:   States are flouting international law and are increasingly resorting to violence to assert their interests.   Pillars of international peacekeeping, such as the United Nations and development cooperation, are in a fundamental crisis.   At the same time, new technologies are transforming warfare and arms control.   In their annual Peace Report, the peace and conflict researchers conclude that military force has established itself as a regular instrument of international politics:   They observe that governments act like state warlords, disregarding international rules and using force to assert political, economic and territorial interests.   The dynamics and methods of these new warlords are particularly evident in the interventions of the United States, Russia and Israel, as well as in the regional power projections of Pakistan, Turkey, Ethiopia and the Gulf monarchies.   To contain the current dynamics of violence, they call on Germany to consistently adhere to international law and use its role in Europe to strengthen multilateral institutions and push for new alliances in support of the rules-based international order.   Conflicts at record level:   The period between 2021 and 2024 marks the most violent phase since the end of the Cold War, according to the 2026 Peace Report: In that time, 61 armed conflicts involving at least one state actor were recorded in 36 countries. At the same time, the number of displaced people worldwide rose to over 120 million in April 2025.   The 2026 Peace Report concludes that states such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are playing out their rivalries in crisis regions, often acting simultaneously as party to the conflict and as mediator. This blurring of the lines between intervention and mediation hinders durable peace settlements and perpetuates existing conflicts.   The United Nations at a crossroads   The United Nations (UN) is in the midst of a deep structural crisis: Rivalries between major powers are blocking key decision-making processes, particularly in the Security Council.   At the same time, funding cuts and competing political frameworks are undermining the UN’s authority. Nevertheless, there is no viable alternative to the organisation. They advocate for the German government to work with middle powers and smaller states to realise stable funding and reforms.   Development cooperation as the key to sustainable peace   Development cooperation and, in particular, humanitarian aid are under massive pressure due to drastic cuts. Meanwhile, the scope of development cooperation is expanding as conflicts increase and climate change intensifies.   Cuts to international aid contribute to instability in fragile states and hinder the effective prevention of violent conflicts, warns the 2026 Peace Report.   The researchers recommend that Germany advocate at European and international levels for better coordination and effectiveness of development cooperation programmes.   Shaping sustainable transitions to peace   The 2026 Peace Report emphasises that ceasefires alone do not secure peace. Sustainable solutions require credible security guarantees, arrangements consistent with international law, a controlled approach to sanctions and the establishment of stable state structures. This is demonstrated by the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Syria.   For a stable peace, measures for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, as well as reconstruction, must be built into negotiations from the outset.   The German government must work with like-minded states to preserve and strengthen the United Nations’ (UN) capacity to act in the fields of prevention, mediation, and peace, and to enhance the effectiveness of arms control institutions.   Germany must provide strong political and financial support to the International Criminal Court and United Nations humanitarian coordination mechanisms.   New technologies exacerbate arms race dynamics   Technological innovations such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, cyber capabilities and biotechnology are driving global arms race dynamics and elude established forms of control. AI, in particular, accelerates military processes and intensifies cyberattacks and disinformation.   However, new technologies also offer opportunities for improved arms control. Internationally coordinated regulations are therefore necessary to strengthen international security.   Domestic peace in Germany under pressure   The 2026 Peace Report examines the political climate in Germany and finds that anti-Muslim racism is structurally entrenched and reinforced by security policy discourses. Antisemitism is widespread in German society and must be addressed without being solely attributed to Muslim communities, according to the 2026 Peace Report.   Democratic parties should counter polarising and racist discourse in areas such as migration and asylum policy. Otherwise, they will be advancing the agenda of authoritarian and far-right parties.   Containing the dynamics of violence   Without decisive countermeasures, it will no longer be possible to prevent the continued erosion of the multilateral order and its regulatory frameworks. The behavior of the new warlords has already given us a glimpse of what will come next: the normalization of military force as a routine political instrument and structural advantages for those actors who are willing and able to use it. Those who lack access to such means—or who choose not to employ them—risk permanently losing their security and autonomy.   This trajectory is not inevitable. But preventing it requires decisive action now. We must begin by clearly identifying and publicly condemning blatant violations of rules, regardless of whether these are committed by allies or adversaries. Only then can a rules-based order be upheld.   If breaches of international law are tolerated this undermines the credibility on which States foreign policy rests. Such inconsistency may, whether intentionally or not, contribute to the continued erosion of the international order.   That said, condemnation does not necessarily lead to compliance with the rules. This requires institutions and mechanisms of conflict regulation that are both recognized and utilized by the majority of states. The United Nations is one such institution.   While the UN Security Council will no longer be a viable force for peace in the foreseeable future, the UN General Assembly could very well be, provided that those member states committed to upholding the international order are willing to use their resources to strengthen it. This includes putting a stop to cuts to development cooperation.   At the same time, development cooperation must also be understood in strategic terms; its added value in this regard lies in strengthening trust in partnerships and the international order. An equally important task, especially in this era of escalating arms races, is to rebuild and sustain the foundations needed for a robust arms control regime. This requires modernizing arms control systems and making arms control mechanisms more flexible and adaptable.   * The Peace Report is an annual publication by the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the Leibniz Institute for Peace Research.   http://www.ifsh.de/en/news-detail/the-2026-peace-report-warns-of-a-world-ruled-by-warlords http://www.friedensgutachten.de/en http://www.dw.com/en/peace-report-are-modern-warlords-in-power/a-77478186   June 2026   Conflicts between states at the highest level since World War II. (PRIO)   The report, Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2025, documents eight interstate conflicts in 2025 – twice as many as the previous year and the highest number recorded since 1946.   “The return of interstate conflict at this scale is deeply worrying,” warned Siri Aas Rustad, Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and lead author of the report.   “For decades, civil wars dominated global conflict. Now we are witnessing a dangerous resurgence of direct confrontations between states, driven by geopolitical rivalry, border disputes and regional escalation, particularly in the Middle East.”   The conflicts include Russia’s war against Ukraine, renewed violence between India and Pakistan, escalating tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, and multiple interstate confrontations linked to the expanding regional conflict involving Israel, Iran, Yemen and the United States.   The report is based on data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, and provides a global overview of state-based conflicts, non-state conflicts and one-sided violence.   2025 among the deadliest years since the Cold War   Beyond the rise in interstate conflict, the report finds that a staggering 245,000 people were killed in battle-related violence in 2025, making it the third deadliest year since 1989. The number of battle deaths increased from 188,000 in 2024.   The sharp increase was driven primarily by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war in Gaza and escalating violence in Sudan, including the siege and massacre of El-Fasher City.   In total, 65 state-based conflicts were recorded across 35 countries in 2025 – also the highest number since records began in 1946.   According to the report, the world has now experienced more than a decade of persistently high levels of violence. Every year since 2013 has been more violent than nearly every post-Cold War year that came before it.   The report also highlights a growing concentration of violence in a smaller number of countries. While 65 conflicts were recorded globally, they were concentrated in just 35 countries, with many experiencing several overlapping wars and insurgencies simultaneously.   Myanmar and Israel each experienced five separate conflicts in 2025, while Afghanistan, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria and Pakistan all experienced multiple conflicts.   This increasing complexity creates major challenges for peacebuilding, diplomacy and aid operations.   “Conflicts today are increasingly interconnected,” said Rustad. “They involve more actors, overlapping fronts and greater regional spillover. That makes them far harder to resolve and significantly increases the risks of wider regional wars.”   The growing complexity of conflict is creating mounting challenges for diplomacy, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations.   Sudan records highest level of civilian killings since Rwanda genocide   The report documents a dramatic rise in one-sided violence against civilians. Over 76,000 people were killed in one-sided violence in 2025 – the highest number recorded since the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Most of the killings occurred in Sudan, particularly during the massacre of El-Fasher City in North Darfur in October 2025, when tens of thousands of civilians were killed.   Africa and the Middle East remain epicentres of conflict   Africa remained the region with the highest number of both state-based and non-state conflicts in 2025, while the Middle East recorded its highest number of state-based conflicts ever. Asia also reached its highest level of state-based conflict since the mid-1990s.   According to the report, these trends suggest that the rise in global violence is not confined to one region, but reflects a broader deterioration in international security. “The data points to a world moving in the wrong direction: more wars, more internationalized conflicts and far higher human costs,” said Rustad.   http://www.prio.org/news/3719 http://www.prio.org/events/9296   June 2026   Explosive Weapons Drive Persistent Civilian Harm Across Global Conflicts   Civilians around the world continued to bear the devastating consequences of explosive weapons use in 2025 amid a broader pattern of sustained harm, a new report by the Explosive Weapons Monitor has revealed.   The Explosive Weapons Monitor 2025 paints a concerning picture, where civilian suffering from the use of explosive weapons has become a routine feature of warfare rather than an exception.   For the third consecutive year, communities in many conflict-affected countries endured daily bombing and shelling of towns and cities, while new conflicts and emerging patterns of explosive weapons use further expanded the scope of harm.   “The devastating impact of explosive weapons on civilians is both foreseeable and preventable. Yet across numerous conflicts, their continued use has entrenched a pattern of civilian harm that is increasingly treated as routine rather than exceptional,” said Katherine Young, Research and Monitoring Manager of the Explosive Weapons Monitor.   “When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, civilians suffer. What is particularly alarming is that this harm has become persistent across conflicts worldwide, risking the normalisation of civilian suffering on a massive scale.”   More than 22,600 civilians were killed by explosive weapons in 2025 (based on officially verified casualty figures, the exact number is thought to be considerably higher. Tens of thousands more were injured).   Civilian deaths remained alarmingly high, with more than half of all recorded civilian deaths attributed to Israeli armed forces and rising fatalities linked to other state and non-state actors across multiple conflicts.   Civilian infrastructure and essential services also came under growing threat. The report found that the use of explosive weapons in attacks affecting humanitarian aid increased by 52 percent in 2025, placing aid workers and life-saving assistance at greater risk and further limiting access to populations in need.   “We have observed in multiple conflicts that communities have been driven into dependence on humanitarian aid after explosive weapons devastated local food systems through the destruction of agricultural land, water infrastructure, and markets,” said Christina Wille, Director of Insecurity Insight.   “When humanitarian workers responding to these growing needs are attacked and killed, life-saving assistance is disrupted at the very moment people need it most, deepening human suffering and leaving already vulnerable communities at even greater risk.”   The report also recorded a dramatic increase in attacks on education, where explosive weapons damaged or destroyed educational facilities, or killed students and teachers, 64 percent more frequently in 2025 compared with the previous year.   Beyond the immediate death and destruction, the report highlights the long-term humanitarian consequences of attacks on essential services.   In Gaza, a surge in attacks on infrastructure essential to humanitarian relief efforts and food production in 2025 severely undermined Palestinians’ ability to locally produce or access food, while increasing dependence on humanitarian assistance.   Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, more than 3,800 schools have been impacted by explosive weapons, severely disrupting children's access to education and forcing many schools to close or operate under emergency measures.   Attacks on water and related energy infrastructure in Lebanon severely disrupted access to safe water in at least 36 incidents, damaging critical supply systems and leaving many communities dependent on costly alternative sources.   The report findings come at a time of growing concerns over violations of international humanitarian law and increasing pressure on norms designed to protect civilians in armed conflict.   The report warns that the normalisation of such severe civilian harm risks weakening the international commitments that seek to prevent suffering and protect civilians.   The report therefore calls for renewed efforts to bring the 2022 Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences of the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas into effect. Doing so not only includes placing limits on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas but also taking action to reinforce and defend the Political Declaration’s norms and principles.   “States must refuse to normalise the devastating toll of explosive weapons on civilians. By signing the Political Declaration, states are sending a clear message that harm to civilians, and destruction of the infrastructure they need to survive, will not be tolerated,” said Alma Taslidzan, Disarmament and Protection of Civilians Advocacy Manager at Humanity & Inclusion. “The challenge then is to translate the Declaration’s commitments into concrete action that reduces harm."   This international agreement to protect civilians from the devastating effects of explosive weapons in urban areas has been endorsed by 91 countries so far.   http://explosiveweaponsmonitor.org/reports/9/explosive-weapons-monitor-2025/ http://www.hi-us.org/en/explosive-weapons-killed-more-than-22-600-civilians-in-2025-new-report-finds http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/children-and-blast-injuries-the-devastating-impact-of-explosive-weapons-on-children-2020-2025 http://www.inew.org/resources/ http://interagencystandingcommittee.org/inter-agency-standing-committee/statement-principals-iasc-protecting-civilians-armed-conflict-responsibility-member-states-and-un http://www.unocha.org/news/over-1000-aid-workers-killed-often-hands-member-states-un-relief-chief-demands-action http://www.unocha.org/news/ocha-tells-security-council-protecting-civilians-cannot-be-outsourced-postponed-or-diluted http://humanitarianaction.info/document/mid-year-review-global-humanitarian-overview-delivering-people-crisis-against-odds/article/trends-crises-and-needs-civilians-line-fire http://civiliansinconflict.org/press-releases/joint-civil-society-statement-ahead-of-the-2026-open-debate-on-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflict/   http://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/29/global-failure-to-protect-right-to-health-in-conflict http://insecurityinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2025-SHCC-Annual-Report.pdf http://www.icrc.org/en/statement/icrc-ifrc-world-red-cross-red-crescent-day-call-uphold-protections-civilians-medical-personnel-humanitarian-workers-communities-depend-on http://www.icrc.org/en/statement/2026-ECOSOC-HAS-Panel-2-remarks http://globalprotectioncluster.org/publications/2474/communication-materials/advocacy-note/poc-advocacy-note-civilian-protection-2026 http://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/remarks_un_special_adviser_r2p_convening_7_8_may_2026.pdf http://www.hrw.org/news/2026/06/15/global-surge-in-attacks-on-education-continues-rising-more-than-40-percent http://eua2026.protectingeducation.org/ http://www.rescue.org/report/watchlist-midyear-update-2026 http://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/   * Protection of civilians in armed conflict - Report of the Secretary-General: http://docs.un.org/en/S/2026/390 http://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/en/news/year-unthinkable-suffering-record-number-children-conflict-victims-grave-violations-2025 http://watchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-annual-report-press-release_final.pdf http://www.unicef.org/take-action/campaigns/children-under-attack http://www.savethechildren.net/news/every-war-war-against-children-it-must-never-be-accepted-inevitability-statement-save-children http://www.icrc.org/en/statement/unhrc-statement-children-rights-armed-conflict http://alliancecpha.org/en
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