|
News (10)
|
|
Housing and Land Rights in South Africa’s UPR |
|
By :HIC side event |
| 23 September 2022 |
Housing and Land Rights ahead of South Africa’s UPR
The upcoming Universal Periodic Review of South Africa and the current Human Rights Council 51st session should focus on the human rights to adequate housing and land rights and protection of their defenders
Date: 30 September 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
In person: Room XXV,
More...
|
|
ZA: Killing Land Defenders & Constitutional Order |
|
By :Raymond Suttner, Polity |
| 25 August 2022 |
Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order
The murder of Lindokuhle Mnguni, the 24th leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo to be gunned down, has met with indifference on the part of the state and the ANC. Not a word, as before. Violence - primarily against the poor -
More...
|
|
Pakistan Floods, Govt. Neglect Charged |
|
By :Shah Meer Baloch The Guardian |
| 17 August 2022 |
Pakistan floods kill 580 and bring misery to millions
Government accused of inaction as downpours leave schools destroyed, homes ruined, crops failing and cholera on the rise
More than 580 people have died and thousands have lost their homes across Pakistan as torrential rains batter the country.
An estimated 1 million have been affected by
More...
|
|
Land Grabs by Global Agro-industrial Firms |
|
By :Tawanda Karombo, NCR online |
| 11 August 2022 |
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — For all his adult life, Joseph Amoh Ayisi cultivated cassava, cocoa and plantains in the Subensu area of Kwahu district in Ghana`s Eastern Region.
The crops he grew are crucial for his survival and that of his community. Cassava is a major staple in West Africa; cocoa is
More...
|
|
Rest in Peace and Power, Khadija Catherine Razavi |
|
By :CENESTA |
| 16 April 2022 |
With a broken heart and extreme sadness, we have to inform you all that our beloved Chair of the Board, Khadija Catherine Razavi, passed away on Saturday, 16 April 2022.
Catherine was an outspoken, strong, and unwavering voice for the non-human environment and an essential advocate for the continuous existence
More...
|
|
Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara |
|
By :WSUSA and HIC-HLRN |
| 16 March 2022 |
More...
|
|
Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
|
By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
More...
|
|
South Africa: Communities Sue over Extractivism |
|
By :Victoria Schneider, Mongabay |
| 10 December 2021 |
Indigenous communities in South Africa sue, protest off-shore oil and gas exploration
Thousands of South Africans, including Indigenous communities, mobilized in a national protest last Sunday against Shell’s planned seismic survey in search for oil and gas reserves off the country’s eastern Wild Coast – with more protests planned this weekend.
Two
More...
|
|
Occupied West Papua: A Green State Vision |
|
By :Danny Chivers and Raki Ap, New internationalist |
| 04 November 2021 |
Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny Chivers speaks to Raki Ap about the case for supporting West Papuan statehood.
Unfortunately, West Papua does not have a seat at the table in the UN climate talks currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. That’s because it’s
More...
|
|
CSOs: UN Food Systems Pre-Summit Fails |
|
By :CSM |
| 02 August 2021 |
Thousands of people gather at counter-mobilization to reiterate “We need food systems that empower people, not companies”
UN Food Systems Pre-Summit falls short on climate, hunger crisis, COVID, and food systems transformation, say counter-mobilization participants, which totalled almost 9,000 people.
ROME—Between 25 and 28 July 2021, some 9,000 people participated in a
More...
|
