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1. HUMAN RIGHTS

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Created on 25 December 2015

2. PRESSENZA

(Contacts / Organizations)

PRESSENZA, PRESSENZA – International News Agency Humanism, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament and Non-Discrimination

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3. Katherine Stapp

(Contacts / Writers)

... School of Journalism. She has nearly two decades of experience as a writer and editor covering development, environment and human rights issues at the Inter Press Service United Nations bureau in New York, ...

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4. Jonathan Power

(Contacts / Writers)

Jonathan Power, Jonathan Power is British and grew up in Oldham and Liverpool. He is a journalist, filmmaker and writer who is best known for his weekly column on foreign affairs that ran in the International ...

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5. Inge Missmahl

(Contacts / Writers)

Inge Missmahl, From dancer to humanitarian by way of analytical psychology, Inge Missmahl's unusual life trajectory led her to Kabul in 2004, where she saw that more than 60 percent of the population were ...

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6. Global Cooperation Council

(Contacts / Organizations)

... and culture of peace as well as a platform for dialogue, it facilitates -- within the framework of HumAN Development Services -- HANDS - an exchange of ideas and practical experiences. The GLOBAL COOPERATION ...

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7. Humanity Needs to Take a Course That Does Not Conflict with Nature

(UN INSIDER)

By Kwame Buist NEW YORK (IDN) – The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course and put humanity on a path which is not in conflict with nature, UN Secretary-General ...

Created on 12 January 2021

8. Peace Prize for Humanitarian Work – Debt Dims Recovery – Better Times for Mental Health Groups

(Africa)

... of silence and begin the healing process. “We keep our doors open for those who want to gather and a safe space to do so,” says Elman, winner of the 2020 German Africa prize for humanitarian work in her ...

Created on 28 December 2020

9. COVID-19 Worsens Human Rights Situation in Southeast Asia

(COVID-19)

Viewpoint by Champa Patel* LONDON (IDN) – Southeast Asia already had a poor human rights record before the COVID-19 outbreak. Despite ASEAN’s rhetoric on democratic values and human rights, illiberal ...

Created on 27 December 2020

10. Human Exploitation of the Biosphere Threatens Mass Extinction

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN (IDN) – According to a recent United Nations report, more than a million species of plants and animals are currently threatened with extinction because of human ...

Created on 06 December 2020

11. How I am Combating Human Trafficking in Malawi

(Africa)

By Maxwell Matewere A Malawian crime prevention expert with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Maxwell Matewere, has been active in the anti-human trafficking field for more than two decades. ...

Created on 16 November 2020

12. UN Agency Points to Linkages Between Human Trafficking and Forced Marriage

(Gender Equality)

... work, in what the UNODC has called an "under-reported, global form of human trafficking". “This is the first publication that looks at the issue globally and through the lens of the international, legal ...

Created on 08 October 2020

13. Dark Money, Dirty Politics & the Backlash Against Human Rights

(OPINION)

... repel immigrants. Laws have been introduced to protect ‘family values’: marriage is defined as solely between a man and a woman; human life begins at the moment of conception; large families get mortgage ...

Created on 22 August 2020

14. India's COVID-19 Experience May Usher in a More Humane World for Women and Informal Sector Worker

(OPINION)

... for the market or subsistence? The distress that women and informal sector workers are enduring can be vindicated if binaries in society and economy can be blurred towards a more humane world that is not ...

Created on 19 August 2020

15. Why Millions of Brazilians Want their President to be Charged for Crimes Against Humanity

(OPINION)

... gone to the ICC to charge Bolsonaro with crimes against humanity. Brazil’s leading newspaper—Folha de S. Paulo—writes of the chaos in the country: “the main reason for the tragedy is Jair Bolsonaro.” ...

Created on 15 August 2020

16. Pandemic Yet Another Test for Colombian Human Rights Defenders

(OPINION)

...  The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown have made things very difficult for me as I work on the ground with people and communities, but I live alone. I became a human rights activist after my son, ...

Created on 14 August 2020

17. A German Law Might Put an End to Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains

(Decent Work & Economic Growth)

Viewpoint by Franziska Korn, Friedich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)* BERLIN (IDN) – For over half a decade, the German government has been working to enact mandatory compliance for companies regarding human rights ...

Created on 24 July 2020

18. Human Nature Is a Central Theme of Philosophy

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN (IDN) – What is human nature? Are we humans good or evil? To what extent is the character of a person produced by heredity, and to what extent by environment? ...

Created on 17 July 2020

19. India's First COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Nod for Human Clinical Trial

(Health & Well Being)

News briefs compiled by Suresh Jaura* TORONTO | NEW DELHI (IDN) – The focus of news in Indian media in the second half of June was on the start of human trials by India's 'first' indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, ...

Created on 04 July 2020

20. Human Rights Watch Supports ICC, Trump Attempts to Block Investigation of Possible U.S. War Crimes

(USA and Canada)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A world court designed to investigate allegations of human rights violations has found itself in the crosshairs of the President of the United ...

Created on 16 June 2020

21. US Protests Unmask The 'Torch-Bearer' Of Human Right

(Reduced Inequalities)

By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – "The United States (US) has always taken pride in calling itself the 'Land of the Free' and appointed itself to be the global cop to punish others who violate human ...

Created on 12 June 2020

22. COVID-19 A Threat to Great Apes, Closely Related to Humans

(Forests, desertification, land degradation & biodiversity)

... Species since 2010. BERLIN | LONDON (IDN) – The fact that ecosystems and human health intersect has been repeatedly emphasized by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. "As we encroach on nature and ...

Created on 10 June 2020

23. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 4: Next

(OPINION)

... contagiousness and mortality of SARS-CoV-2. This year’s virus arrived in societies transformed by the human current within globalisation. For over fifty years, the authorities in government, media and ...

Created on 09 June 2020

24. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 3: The Stepping Stones

(OPINION)

... A hitherto unknown manifestation of humanity, ‘teenagers’, heralded the arrival of a distinct generation. Scottish political theorist and academic Tom Nairn captured the heady confidence it gave us of ...

Created on 09 June 2020

25. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 2: So What Is Globalisation Then?

(OPINION)

... News LONDON (IDN) – The word ‘globalisation’ has different meanings. In the broadest sense of ‘the interconnectedness of humanity’ it began when early homo-sapiens in Asia reconnected with the first ...

Created on 07 June 2020

26. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 1: We Were All Wrong

(OPINION)

... “makes us refocus on the human aspect. It becomes clear that the economy no longer has primacy. When it comes to our humanity, women and men, but also the ecosystems in which they live, and therefore the ...

Created on 07 June 2020

27. "The COVID-19 Crisis Is an Opportunity to Reimagine Human Mobility

(OPINION)

... in essential work. About one in eight of all nurses globally, for example, is practising in a country different from where they were born. The COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to reimagine human mobility. ...

Created on 03 June 2020

28. UN Chief Appeals to 'Common Humanity' Across All Faiths to Tackle COVID-1

(UN INSIDER)

By UN News NEW YORK (IDN) – Our shared vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic reveals “our common humanity”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told religious leaders in an online meeting to discuss ...

Created on 13 May 2020

29. COVID-19 Shows How Ecosystems and Human Health Intersect

(OPINION)

... of emerging infectious diseases worldwide are exchanged between humans and wild animals. Think of West Nile, Lyme, Ebola, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Created on 30 April 2020

30. The British and American Press Don't Tell All on Human Rights Violation

(OPINION)

That's Why We Need Wickileaks and Julian Assange Should Be Exonerated. Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Julian Assange of Wickileaks languishes in a British jail during a too-long wait ...

Created on 31 March 2020

31. COVID-19: UN Agencies Working Round the Clock to Ensure Humanitarian Support

(Health & Well Being)

... protect their right to freedom of information. Ensuring humanitarian support to millions Humanitarian actors are gearing up to find solutions for vulnerable communities hardest-hit by the ongoing COVID-19 ...

Created on 23 March 2020

32. Amnesty Accuses Facebook, Google of Harming Human Rights

(Peace & Justice)

By J W Jackie RENO, Nevada, USA (IDN) – Facebook and Google play an important role in the lives of people across the globe – too big a role, according to Amnesty International. The pro-human rights organization ...

Created on 11 March 2020

33. Sri Lanka Challenges UN Human Rights Council's Impartialit

(Asia-Pacific)

By Kalinga Seneviratne SINGAPORE (IDN) — Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Relations, Dinesh Gunawardena, has officially withdrawn from the co-sponsorship of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution ...

Created on 04 March 2020

34. Drying Lake Chad Basin Triggers Humanitarian Crisis

(Africa)

... child strapped on her back, she explained that her two older children had died of starvation in the bush. Ms. Musa's predicament represents the face of the worsening humanitarian situation in the Lake ...

Created on 22 February 2020

35. UN Chief Urged to Name and Shame Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations

(UN INSIDER)

... The World Report 2020: Human Rights Trends Around the Globe focusing on China and presented at the UN affirms that Mr. Guterres does not want to offend the countries that HRW calls grave human rights abusers. ...

Created on 18 January 2020

36. Youth Call for Human Rights to Be at The Core of Climate Talks

(Climate Action)

By Fabíola Ortiz MADRID (IDN) – The youth and human rights activists have been emphasizing since the start of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) on December 2 the pressing need of placing people ...

Created on 12 December 2019

37. UN Calls for $32 Billion to Battle Humanitarian Crises in 2020

(UN INSIDER)

... nearly 168 million – or one person in 45 on the planet – to seek humanitarian assistance and protection next year in crises spanning more than 50 countries. Also, millions of children across the globe ...

Created on 04 December 2019

38. The Humanitarian Emergency the World is Ignoring

(Africa)

By Kwame Buist ROME (IDN) – Almost daily violent attacks in the Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have displaced nearly one million people and caused emergency levels of malnutrition, the ...

Created on 20 November 2019

39. The UN Experts Shining a Light on Human Rights Violations

(Peace & Justice)

By Sean Buchanan NEW YORK (IDN) – The experts who fan out across the world to research, hold consultations and gather information on a vast range of human rights violations often find themselves caught ...

Created on 10 November 2019

40. Upholding International Humanitarian Law in Times of Armed Violence

(OPINION)

... the actions of Turkish-backed Syrian militias has raised in a dramatic way the issue of respect of international humanitarian law. Regular military personnel of all countries are theoretically informed ...

Created on 05 November 2019

41. Human Trafficking Is A Crime, Deserves Zero Tolerance

(Gender Equality)

... exacerbate the vulnerabilities and desperation that enable trafficking to flourish,” Guterres said, adding: “Human trafficking is a heinous crime that affects every region of the world.” Traffickers ...

Created on 30 July 2019

42. Forced Displacement in Africa Not Just a Tale of Human Tragedy

(Africa)

... the narrative and transform the future for Africa, its young people and our world." Displacement a ‘significant loss of human potential’ Bience Gawanas, the UN’s Special Adviser on Africa, whose office ...

Created on 26 May 2019

43. Human Survival Lies in the Balance as the Charade of NPT Diplomacy is Wearing Thin

(Nuclear Weapons)

... and omnicidal arsenals and pressures building for nuclear weapons proliferation, these expectations were not exceeded. As the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has warned, humanity is now as close to nuclear ...

Created on 16 May 2019

44. Getting the Priorities on Human Rights Right in Syria

(OPINION)

...  Yet, understandably, EU countries insist that in return for helping to re-build Syria the government must commit itself to a human rights agenda – the freeing of political prisoners, the end of torture ...

Created on 12 March 2019

45. Powerful Grassroots Movements Boost Hope for Human Rights, Says UN Chief

(UN INSIDER)

... strides, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. While the Human Rights Council was the “epicentre” for dialogue and cooperation on all human rights issues such as civil, political, economic, ...

Created on 25 February 2019

46. Haiti Unrest Beginning to Take A Humanitarian Toll

(Latin America & the Caribbean)

... Feb. 7, 1986 to exile in France on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane. It was the beginning of five years of popular tumult. The violent unrest is beginning to take a humanitarian toll as protesters clash ...

Created on 18 February 2019

47. Europe’s Invisible Wall Whets Human Trafficking

(Middle East)

... fearing that they would be captured and tortured for ransom by human traffickers – again. Libya is not the EU’s only new border. The EU is cooperating with regimes such as that of Sudan and Eritrea, ...

Created on 14 February 2019

48. UN Committed to Providing Humanitarian Aid to Venezuelans

(Latin America & the Caribbean)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – In view of the increasingly critical situation for ordinary Venezuelans, the United Nations remains committed to providing humanitarian support, based on “need, and need ...

Created on 11 February 2019

49. In Quest Of A Charter Of Humanity

(Peace & Justice)

...  ROME (IDN) – Some years ago, Riccardo Petrella, an Italian economist, political scientist and a leading figure in the anti-globalisation movement, wrote a book entitled Au nom de l'humanité – L'audace ...

Created on 17 January 2019

50. Folke Bernadotte, A Forgotten Humanitarian With Legendary Will Power

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Many know about Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat in Budapest, who led his embassy in a successful attempt to issue “protective passports” to ...

Created on 15 January 2019

51. Of Cockroaches and Humans

(OPINION)

... But he does not, for example, learn from mistakes, which all other animals do. Today, 70 years after its adoption, we are celebrating the Declaration of Human Rights, but we are recreating all the conditions ...

Created on 17 December 2018

52. Japan Shines with a Youth Forum to Commemorate Universal Human Rights Declaration

(Asia-Pacific)

By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO (IDN) – When the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Paris on December 10, 1948, it came up with a milestone document in the history ...

Created on 16 December 2018

53. Participatory Development is a Humane Alternative to Migration

(UN INSIDER)

... Human Ecology at Lund University, Sweden and currently interning at the High Atlas Foundation. MARRAKECH (IDN) – December 2018 is gearing up to be a pivotal month for migration on the world stage, and ...

Created on 12 December 2018

54. Civil and Political Rights are Also Indivisible Human Rights

(OPINION)

... accompanied the colonizers. Today, when U.S. or NATO missiles rain on countries, Western human rights organisations and their activists follow them, with their media in tow. They also have a similar mindset: ...

Created on 10 December 2018

55. Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change Threaten Human Survival

(OPINION)

... must be abolished. JA: Humanity and the biosphere are threatened by the danger of an all-destroying thermonuclear war. It could occur through a technical or human failure, or through uncontrollable escalation ...

Created on 09 December 2018

56. Experts Urge Respect for Human Rights in Climate Actions

(UN INSIDER)

By Aleksandra Gadzinski KATOWICE (IDN) – Independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council, are calling on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in the rules for implementing ...

Created on 09 December 2018

57. World Humanitarian Summit

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World Humanitarian Summit

Created on 23 April 2016

58. Human Rights

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Human Rights

Created on 13 January 2016