Pakistan: HIC Member Assaulted, Threatened
Human Rights Defender Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot threatened and physically assaulted Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot, human rights defender and director of HIC Member organization has been attacked outside his home in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The mob
Published : 31 October 2019
USA: Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383K Gallons
BISMARCK ND—TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday shut down the pipeline that carries tar sands oil from
Published : 31 October 2019
UN Housing Expert Invites Your Comments
The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, invites States, UN agencies, NHRIs and civil society representatives to a consultation and discussion on the “Guidelines for the implementation of the right to adequate
Published : 30 October 2019
Framing the Inquiry into Land Inequality
The International Land Coalition (ILC) has launched a research project on land inequality in the world, beginning with an exercise of framing the approach the many related complexities of land inequality. The result of that
Published : 30 October 2019
Coastal Cities Sinking Faster than Predicted
Facing a flooded future, the world’s vulnerable coastal cities will undergo sea-level rise worse than previously understood, according to a new corrective report by Climate Central. As a result of heat-trapping pollution from human activities, rising
Published : 29 October 2019
Canada: B.C. to Align Laws with UNDRIP
B.C. tables United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples bill today British Columbia is the first province to begin legislating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a landmark international document
Published : 24 October 2019
USA: Island Returned to Indigenous Owners
Eureka returns an island to a tribe nearly 160 years after a massacre California is in a moment of long overdue reckoning with the state’s original sin: the blood-soaked treatment of the people who inhabited
Published : 22 October 2019
The Growing International Role of Cities
A new report explores the rising role of cities on the international diplomatic stage. Produced by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in collaboration with the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative. The growth and international clout of
Published : 15 October 2019
20 Firms Emit a Third of All Carbon
New data show how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can
Published : 09 October 2019