UN: Over 2.5 Billion Lack Access to Sanitation

GENEVA (18 December 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Léo Heller, and the Chair of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Waleed Sadi,

Occupied Tibet Confronting Climate Change

Paris—As world leaders push for a climate change deal in Paris, Tibet, commonly known as "the roof of the world", is facing a severe environmental crisis as many of its glaciers melt rapidly because of

Declaration on the occasion of Human Rights Day 2015

HIC`s Human Rights Day Declaration

Download text of the HIC Declaration on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 2015

Morocco: European Court annuls EU trade agreement

WSRW will hold a press conference in Brussels Friday 11 December at 0900. Place: Room P1C051, Paul Henri Spaak building The judgment was published by the court in Luxembourg at 09.30 this morning and can be

Keeping up the Fight against the Transnational Corporations

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, FIAN International releases its annual publication, ‘Right to Food Journal’. The publication puts under the spotlight the increasing influence of transnational corporations over policy-making, as well as its

UN Experts: It is Time to Turn Norms into Action

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day 2015, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human Rights system renews its commitment with the implementation of the Covenants, the

Tibet: Climate Change Challenges China Policies

As the world’s leaders meet in Paris this week for critical climate change talks, new findings by the International Campaign for Tibet reveal that Tibet’s fragile environment, which is warming faster than anywhere else, is

COP21: Land and Water Convergence Speaks Out

Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the “Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles” stand up for climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis. This alliance of