UNRWA | Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion

US proposal to ‘take over’ Gaza would shatter fundamental rules of international order, warn UN experts

Feb 11, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

11 December 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today condemned shocking threats by US President Donald Trump to “take over” and “own” Gaza and move the Palestinian population elsewhere, using military force if necessary. “Such blatant violations by a major power would break...

REPORT: Global threats to freedom of expression arising from the conflict in Gaza

Oct 15, 2024 | Reports, Top-line

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...

7 October: UN experts call for end of violence and accountability after year of human loss and suffering and blatant disregard for international law

Oct 7, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

7 October 2024, GENEVA – Marking the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli attack against the Palestinian population in Gaza that followed and consequent expansion of violence to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and other countries in the region,...