Kenya: Ex-president Fined €9 million for Land Grab
Ex-president Moi ordered to pay widow Sh1bn [€8,853,030] for grabbed land On 21 September 1983, former President Daniel arap Moi forcibly took over a 53-acre piece of land owned by ex-chief Noah Kipngeny Chelugui through a
Published : 18 May 2019
HIC Urges Clarity on UN Habitat Civic Engagement
Habitat International Coalition has issued an open letter to UN Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohammed Sharif, calling for clarity in the intended—and indispensable—cooperation of civil society and other stakeholders with the reforming agency. Since the UN
Published : 17 May 2019
Ecuador: Waorani Block Big Oil Destruction
Amazon tribe wins lawsuit against big oil, saving millions of acres of rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning
Published : 16 May 2019
Gaza Crisis: UN Warns 1 Million May Starve
UN says 1 million Palestinians could go hungry as it warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe.’ More than 1,700 people in Gaza may also be forced to have amputations due to UN funding crisis Gaza is on the
Published : 09 May 2019
Nigeria: 11 killed, Several Homes Destroyed
No fewer than 11 persons including 4 soldiers have been killed while several houses and shops razed down when terrorists attacked a military base at Molai Community, an outskirts of Maiduguri . The incident which
Published : 08 May 2019
South Africa Confronts Apartheid Land Legacy
ZOLANI, South Africa—On the outskirts of this overcrowded township in South Africa’s Cape Winelands, Phumlani Zota, a 32-year-old pig farmer, sifted through piles of waste in a refuse dump beneath the Langeberg mountains, filling a
Published : 03 May 2019
USA: Inviting More Oil-spill Disaster
Trump easing offshore drilling safety rules imposed after Deepwater Horizon explosion The new safety changes were sought by the industry but fiercely challenged by environmentalists. PORT FOURCHON LA—The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas
Published : 03 May 2019
Al-Haq International Law Summer School 2019!
24 June–8 July 2019 Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law is pleased to announce its Fifth International Law Summer School for post-graduate law students, legal researchers and professionals in the fields of international law and
Published : 30 April 2019
UN Bringing Land Justice to the People
Justice can be hard to come by in countries hit by conflict. To ensure that communities can settle disputes, and see criminals lawfully punished, UN peacekeeping missions support mobile courts, which travel to places where no regular
Published : 29 April 2019
