Crimea: Destroying Built Heritage, Erasing the Past
“Closed for Destruction”: Russia is digging up 16th Century Crimean Tatar Khan’s Palace Video footage has shown new details of Russia’s wanton destruction of the Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai, with ordinary workers carrying out ‘excavation’ work,
Published : 13 March 2019
USA: Household Net Worth Plummets
Household net worth falls by largest amount since the Great Recession, new Fed data shows In this Tuesday, 6 March 2018, photo homes stack up in a neighborhood in San Jose, Calif. NerdWallet calculated affordability
Published : 10 March 2019
US HUD Secretary: Either Fish or Get off the Pot
HUD Secretary Ben Carson: “I’m not leaving, but I will resign. But maybe stay.” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was so moved by the people who approached him at an airport to thank him
Published : 09 March 2019
Sahel: Displacement Crisis
Drastic deterioration in security across Burkina Faso as 70,000 flee their homes in past two months, UN warns The landlocked West African country of Burkina Faso is facing “unprecedented” displacement, triggered by armed groups and intercommunal
Published : 05 March 2019
ICJ Chagos Island Opinion: from Brexit to Chexit?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Chagos Islands Advisory Opinion, and UK loses badly The ICJ has ruled that Britain acted illegally when it imposed territorial controls on the Chagos Islands without the consent
Published : 28 February 2019
USA: Court Rules IFC Not Immune
SCOTUS decision in Jam et al v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) denies absolute immunity to IFC…with caveats When it rains, it somehow pours. February 2019 ended up being such a landmark month for international law adjudication.
Published : 28 February 2019
Brazil: Tucano Land Defender Assassinated
MANAUS—The 53-year-old Tucano chief, Francisco de Souza Pereira, was shot four days ago in the "Urucaia" indigenous community in the Nova Cidade neighborhood of Manaus. The crime occurred around 01:00 AM. Francisco was sleeping with
Published : 27 February 2019
Vanishing Biodiversity Threatens Our Food
The biodiversity that is crucial for our food and agriculture is disappearing by the day FAO launches the first-ever global report on the state of biodiversity that underpins our food systems ROME—The first-ever report of its kind
Published : 23 February 2019
Indian Court Orders Eviction of 1 Million Tribals
Indian Supreme Court orders eviction of 1 million tribal forest dwellers NEW DELHI—India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of over 1.1 million tribal and other traditional forest dwellers, after it recently rejected their ancient
Published : 22 February 2019
