Thursday 26 March, 18:30 & 20:50

Special Screening: Disunited Nations – The Crisis of the UN

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian occupied territories since 2022, is a jurist who has denounced the recent crimes in Gaza as genocide.

This session uses Christophe Cotteret’s film DISUNITED NATIONS as a starting point to examine the UN’s institutional failures, political paralysis, and the erosion of international law. Albanese discusses accountability, the divergent roles of the General Assembly and Security Council, and the implications for civilian protection and global governance.

In French.

Blvd de Saint-Georges 8,
1205 Genève
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