Rights : Attack on multilateralism risks mischief on grander scale (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
As the attack on the multilateral system an d its rules, including most especially international human rights law, intensifie s, so too will the risk increase of further mischief on a grander scale, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, warned on Monday.

Rights : Is there gender parity & reverse sexual harassment at UN? (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Faced with growing allegations of sex ual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the UN system, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last year announced a "zero-tolerance" policy to fight harassment in the world body.

Europe : Sharing the love? (PRIV)
(IPS, Rome)
Even if arrivals of migrants into Italy b y sea have decreased between 2017 and 2018 so far, recent events in the Mediterra nean rim have strongly drawn attention to the migration issue and a fierce debat e is now underway among European countries.