{"id":16683,"date":"2019-10-07T16:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/?p=16683"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T17:02:12","slug":"stories-from-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/blog\/2019\/10\/stories-from-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories From the Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>From The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Center<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" id=\"feedzy\"><div class=\"feedzy-5623c3b4ee56f739126104ff922ce803 feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories | Peace and Security<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns West Bank settler violence hits \u2018all-time high\u2019 as calls grow to end occupation\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Production%20Library\/05-02-2026_OCHA_West_Bank.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns West Bank settler violence hits \u2018all-time high\u2019 as calls grow to end occupation\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns West Bank settler violence hits \u2018all-time high\u2019 as calls grow to end occupation<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 29, 2026 <\/small><p>Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements while settlers and Israeli security [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Cyprus: Guterres calls for renewed trust and a new meeting on the way forward\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Production%20Library\/2026\/07\/29-07-2026_Guterres_Cyprus.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Cyprus: Guterres calls for renewed trust and a new meeting on the way forward\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Cyprus: Guterres calls for renewed trust and a new meeting on the way forward<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 29, 2026 <\/small><p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General said on Wednesday that he plans to convene fresh talks on Cyprus to resolve the decades-long division on the [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Updates on Gaza, West Bank amid regional tensions\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/2026\/07\/23-07-2026-WFP-Egypt-Gaza.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Updates on Gaza, West Bank amid regional tensions\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Security Council LIVE: Updates on Gaza, West Bank amid regional tensions<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 28, 2026 <\/small><p>Regional tensions are mounting as the US-Iran war continues and a rising number of Israeli attacks are threatening Gaza\u2019s fragile October ceasefire [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/2026\/07\/21-07-2026-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF-Ukraine-03.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 27, 2026 <\/small><p>The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council met on Monday at Ukraine\u2019s request, following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere. At least one [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" id=\"feedzy\"><div class=\"feedzy-9d1a73b20615320f1fd738f5b4d77343 feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories | Human Rights<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban rule\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/2026\/07\/13-07-2026-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF-Afghanistan-02.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban rule\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban rule<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 28, 2026 <\/small><p>A woman is stopped for buying groceries alone. The shopkeeper who served her is slapped and hauled in for questioning. A teacher is turned away from [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Lebanon: Israeli strikes \u2018could amount to international crimes,\u2019 warns T\u00fcrk\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/27-04-2026-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF-Lebanon-03.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Lebanon: Israeli strikes \u2018could amount to international crimes,\u2019 warns T\u00fcrk\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Lebanon: Israeli strikes \u2018could amount to international crimes,\u2019 warns T\u00fcrk<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 27, 2026 <\/small><p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Human Rights Chief Volker T\u00fcrk expressed concern about ongoing displacement and destruction caused by Israeli strikes against Lebanon as he [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Middle East: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Production%20Library\/2026\/07\/24-07-2026-Adobe-Red-Sea.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Middle East: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Middle East: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 24, 2026 <\/small><p>As fighting intensifies in the Middle East, the United Nations on Friday warned against further escalation in the US-Iran war and the risks to global [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"World News in Brief: New ECOSOC chief, Secretary-General candidates\u2019 debate, torture in Mali, drowning prevention\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Production%20Library\/2026\/07\/23-07-2026-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-Amar-Bendjama.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"World News in Brief: New ECOSOC chief, Secretary-General candidates\u2019 debate, torture in Mali, drowning prevention\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">World News in Brief: New ECOSOC chief, Secretary-General candidates\u2019 debate, torture in Mali, drowning prevention<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 23, 2026 <\/small><p>Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, was elected on Thursday to serve as the next president of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u2019s\u00a0Economic and [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" id=\"feedzy\"><div class=\"feedzy-046e47ed5c846990d2fa194acbf75077 feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News - Global perspective Human stories | Law and Crime Prevention<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Forced online scams: IOM warns trafficking networks are booming\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/20-06-2024-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC-Philippines-3-LG.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"Forced online scams: IOM warns trafficking networks are booming\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Forced online scams: IOM warns trafficking networks are booming<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 28, 2026 <\/small><p>A job advert can hide a criminal network, and a single click can lead to a nightmare. Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year on [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"\u2018Judges should be superhuman\u2019: The invisible burden behind the bench\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/assets\/2015\/03\/21282\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"\u2018Judges should be superhuman\u2019: The invisible burden behind the bench\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">\u2018Judges should be superhuman\u2019: The invisible burden behind the bench<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 24, 2026 <\/small><p>When conflict erupts, disasters strike or political crises unfold, courts are among the few institutions expected to keep functioning \u2013 ensuring [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Production%20Library\/2026\/07\/24-07-2026-ICC_NYC.jpg\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1168025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 24, 2026 <\/small><p>Member States of the International Criminal Court dismissed its Prosecutor Karim Khan following disciplinary proceedings related to widely reported [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1167992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"World News in Brief: Sexual violence in DR Congo, deaths in Ukraine and Russia, crime in Southeast Asia\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/assets\/2012\/11\/15969\/image560x340cropped.jpg\" title=\"World News in Brief: Sexual violence in DR Congo, deaths in Ukraine and Russia, crime in Southeast Asia\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1167992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">World News in Brief: Sexual violence in DR Congo, deaths in Ukraine and Russia, crime in Southeast Asia<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on July 21, 2026 <\/small><p>Independent Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ human rights experts on Tuesday\u00a0condemned the M23 armed group\u2019s \u201creign of terror\u201d over territory it controls in eastern [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss 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href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/blog\/document\/dppa-dpo-dos-biweekly-update-covid19-issue-3-june-10\/\"><i class=\"fa-file-pdf fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Get the Biweekly Update<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.41;\"><h4>COVID-19 AND FIELD MISSIONS<\/h4>\n<h4>Biweekly Update for Member States | Issue # 3 | 9 June 2020<\/h4><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>This is the third edition of the update to Member States that focuses on the efforts of the DPPA-DPO-DOS Field Support Group on COVID-19 to strengthen Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ risk management systems globally and across the field missions that we support. This work builds on initial robust measures taken to protect Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ personnel and prevent transmission of the disease, while ensuring business continuity and supporting host countries. 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