Paula Dupraz-Dobias

Paula Dupraz-Dobias is an award-winning Geneva-based journalist covering environment, business, international organizations, humanitarian crises and Latin America.

The magazine "Africa explored and colonised", published in Geneva between 1879 and 1894, can also be consulted online at the site of the Swiss National Library.

Geneva’s early double standards on colonialism

This content was published on May 23, 2024 Geneva is reviewing its historical links to colonialism. But a new exhibition shows that some of the most offensive expansionist behaviour came from humanitarian icons.

illustration: sport washing the world cup

Sportswashing the World Cup from Geneva

This three-part investigation shows the lengths to which Qatar went to whitewash its reputation and the role Geneva played in this marketing stunt.

Sultan al-Jaber talks during the World Government Summit in Dubai, in February 2023

Offset scandals put Switzerland in the spotlight at COP28

This content was published on Nov 28, 2023 Switzerland heads to Dubai for COP28 with a new ambassador and a tweaked climate strategy.

Migrants queue to cross Mexican border into the United States

UN migration agency pivots back to the US

This content was published on Oct 5, 2023 The new head of the UN migration agency vows to shift how migration is perceived.

Is the time ripe for peace in Ukraine?

This content was published on Sep 22, 2023 Voices are speaking to move ahead with a peace plan in Ukraine. Are conditions on the ground met?

The UN headquarters in Baghdad after the attack

Baghdad UN bombing: 20 years on, aid workers face even more dangers

This content was published on Aug 18, 2023 The dangers faced by humanitarian aid workers have diversified and intensified in the past two decades.

Explainer: the World Meteorological Organization at the heart of the climate crisis

This content was published on Jul 24, 2023 The World World Meteorological Organization is increasingly in the news. SWI swissinfo.ch looks at what this UN body does and why it matters.

Will Puerto Rico become a new US state in 2025?

This content was published on Jan 3, 2023 A referendum in November 2023 may offer Puerto Ricans the choice of statehood, independence or a “free association” with the US.

A hand reads pay calling for reparations for loss and damage at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit,

Switzerland denounces COP27 outcome

This content was published on Nov 20, 2022 The climate conference ended on Sunday with an agreement to set up a 'loss and damage' fund for developing countries.

Swiss pioneering carbon offsets on the stand at COP27

This content was published on Nov 19, 2022 As countries such as Switzerland, sign more and more offsetting deals with poorer countries, these are proving to be controversial and complex.

Switzerland’s measured support for new ‘loss and damage’ fund at COP27

This content was published on Nov 18, 2022 Switzerland argues many questions remain before the launch of a new loss and damages fund.

ICSS: Sports at the service of state security 

This content was published on Nov 10, 2022 From the start, the agenda of the International Centre for Sports Security was tainted by a lack of transparency and links to Qatar.

Qatar’s Swiss hub for foreign policy

This content was published on Nov 10, 2022 In choosing Geneva as a hub to implement its foreign policy, Qatar gained access to NGOs, the UN and FIFA.

Sportswashing the World Cup from Geneva

This content was published on Nov 10, 2022 After being chosen as World Cup host, Qatar set its sights on Geneva as the place to roll out a massive PR campaign to boost its image.

Promoting integrity without transparency

This content was published on Nov 10, 2022 The Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is another mitigated Qatari effort to boost its reputation.

Complaints against FIFA greenwashing hit Swiss advertising commission

This content was published on Nov 3, 2022 FIFA cannot commit to carbon neutral World Cup, say Swiss-based NGOs.

Gold sourcing and Switzerland in focus at the Human Rights Council

This content was published on Sep 26, 2022 Switzerland was on the radar of the UN Human Rights Council for its role in illegal mining.

Swiss press freedom under scrutiny at the United Nations

This content was published on Jun 23, 2022 Swiss laws recently intimidated journalists out of a global investigation and could jail reporters for doing their job.

How Russian sanctions are permeating Switzerland’s luxury sanctum

This content was published on Jun 5, 2022 Sanctions against Russian assets abroad have resulted in a cat-and-mouse game in Switzerland between regulators and oligarchs.

Swiss trading hub adapts to new wartime reality

This content was published on Mar 2, 2022 After Switzerland joined EU sanctions targeting Russia, its commodities trading sector is having to face up to new economic realities.