‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to court Cláudia Agostinho, her siblings and cousins will have case heard at European court of human rights Cláudia Agostinho has been going to Pedrogão Beach
Published : 11 August 2022By 20:30 GMT Sunday evening, the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, between Israel and the “Islamic Jihad” movement under Egyptian sponsorship, entered into force. The escalation, which lasted for 3 days, resulted in loss of
Published : 07 August 2022Security forces laid siege to a village in northern Iran Tuesday and started demolishing houses and farms belonging to members of the persecuted Baha’i faith. Simin Fahandej, a spokeswoman for the Baha’i International Community, told Iran
Published : 02 August 2022With 161 Votes in Favour, 8 Abstentions, General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution Recognizing Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Environment as Human Right With 161 votes in favour and 8 abstentions, the General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution today
Published : 30 July 2022Israel/OPT: Immediately halt forced eviction of more than 1,000 West Bank residents and stop demolitions of Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab The Israeli authorities must immediately halt the forcible eviction of more than 1,000 residents from
Published : 19 July 2022The modernization of agriculture in Uzbekistan, for which Uzbekistan has received millions of dollars in investment by multilateral development banks, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, has been accompanied
Published : 17 July 2022More than 400 residents in Hoima are on the verge of being forcefully evicted from their ancestral land. The affected residents are from the village of Ngobye in Buraru parish, Buraru sub county. They are feuding
Published : 10 July 2022Human rights and environmental due diligence laws crucial to combat irresponsible business activities – UN expert Press release GENEVA—Rampant deforestation, chemical and plastic production, fossil fuel exploitation and other large-scale extractive activities by business entities are harming
Published : 04 July 2022Invitation to Apply for Participation We have the pleasure to announce the next session of ISMUN Summer School on Human Rights and Development which will be held in Geneva from 11 to 15 July, 2022. It is
Published : 18 June 2022