A new ruling says countries must take action on climate change under the law of the sea In a significant development for small island nations threatened by rising seas, the International Tribunal for the Law of
Published : 23 May 2024Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting that some 450,000 have been forcibly displaced from Rafah “Empty streets in Rafah as families continue to flee in search
Published : 15 May 2024Johannesburg Declaration on Israel’s Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide: Towards a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine The following is the outcome document from the Global Anti-Apartheid Conference held at Johannesburg, South Africa, 11-12 May 2024. We, delegates from
Published : 14 May 2024Call for input - Human Rights and Starvation, with an emphasis on the Palestinian People’s Food Sovereignty Deadline : 14 June 2024 In his forthcoming thematic report to the UN General Assembly (autumn 2024 session), the UN
Published : 14 May 2024Israel’s Rafah invasion must stop now, say UN experts GENEVA—The Israeli military’s ground operation targeting eastern Rafah is a culmination of a seven-month long campaign to forcibly transfer and destroy Gaza’s population, UN experts* warned today. “The
Published : 10 May 2024Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups. ideo Duration 02 minutes 43 seconds02:43 Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Published : 09 May 20243 dead as excavator evicting Mukuru flood victims damaged Two were killed in Mukuru and one in Mathare slums, police said. In Summary Tension is mounting in the areas targeted with resistance growing. Police say the affected have to
Published : 07 May 2024Northern Gaza in ‘full-blown famine’, UN food agency chief says ‘It’s horror’: World Food Programme head calls for immediate ceasefire and ‘unfettered access’ into besieged territory. Northern Gaza is experiencing a “full-blown famine”, the head of the United Nations
Published : 04 May 2024NAIROBI, KENYA—The ongoing heavy rains have occasioned massive floods and unprecedented disasters in the form of loss of lives, injuries, and destruction of properties and infrastructure. Such calls for collective, responsive actions to foster the
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