
The Republic of Cyprus Administration, is the political entity that exercises de facto control over the southern part of the island of Cyprus located in the Mediterranean. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and Sardinia, situated south of Türkiye, west of Syria and east of Greece. Throughout history the island has been under the rule of various civilizations, resulting in a multi-layered development of its political, cultural and economic structures. Today the i
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Sixty-Second Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is the meeting period scheduled to begin on 15 June 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, and continue until 7 July 2026. The session will last four weeks. The Presidency of the Council for 2026 is held by Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN Office in Geneva. The session is expected to address the human rights situation in conflict zones. Schedule and General Framework Ambassador Suryodipuro,
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Edanur Karakoç

On 18 July 2026, ahead of the summer holidays, Belgium’s federal government adopted a decision banning the import of goods produced in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. The decision was taken as part of a package of measures agreed upon by the government in 2025 in response to Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip and the rising number of civilian casualties. With this move, Belgium has joined a growing group of European countries that have imposed import bans on
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Zeynep Gül

Hürmüz Boğazı Joint Committee is a bilateral mechanism established to facilitate dialogue between the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran on matters concerning the navigation management of the Hürmüz Boğazı and to negotiate its future governance framework. The committee was established under Article 5 of the Islamabad Understanding signed between Iran and the United States of America. The committee’s first meeting was held on 29 June 2026 in Muscat the capital of Oman. Establishme
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Edanur Karakoç

Migration and Asylum Pact is a comprehensive set of rules established at the European Union (EU) level to regulate the fields of migration and asylum and create a common asylum system.【1】 The Pact consists of ten binding legislative acts adopted in 2024 that redefine the EU’s border management, the assessment of asylum applications, and the sharing of responsibilities among member states.【2】 European Commission proposed the Pact in September 2020, and it was adopted by the European Parliament in
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Edanur Karakoç

Han Yunus Massacres, refer to a series of events in which civilians in Han Yunus and surrounding settlements in southern Gaza were either collectively killed or found in mass graves, particularly in 1956, 2014 (Huzaa), and 2024. During the 1956 Suez War, units affiliated with the Israeli military killed more than 600 Egyptians and Palestinians in Han Yunus.Anadolu Ajansı. “Han Yunus katliamı hafızalardan silinmedi,” Anadolu Ajansı, 12 Kasım 2013. Erişim tarihi: 11 Kasım 2025. https://www.aa.com.
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Onur Çolak

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Arab League Extraordinary Doha Summit is an international meeting held on 15 September 2025 in Doha, the capital of Türkiye. The summit convened following Israel’s air strike on 9 September 2025 targeting the Hamas negotiation delegation in Doha. The meeting addressed the attack on Qatar’s sovereignty, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Palestinian issue were placed on the agenda. The summit concluded with joint decisions by the OIC and
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Nurten Yalçın

Frozen Russian Assets and the Frozen European Consensus Despite intense negotiations the European Union has failed to reach a common position on the use of 21 billion euros in frozen Russian assets since the invasion of Ukraine. Germany led member states advocating for the use of these assets to meet Ukraine’s urgent financing needs but the decision was not approved due to a veto by Belgium the host country of Euroclear where the assets are held. In parallel EU leaders approved a 9 billion euro
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KÜME Vakfı

The European Union (EU) has added new sanction options to its agenda for 2026 aimed at restricting trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine territories. The initiative emerged following rising settler violence in the West Bank, Israel’s continued settlement activities, and growing political pressure within the EU against settlement policies deemed contrary to international law. At a meeting of the Council of EU Foreign Ministers, options prepared by the European Commission we
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Zeynep Gül