UN women’s rights committee urges Turkey to reconsider withdrawal from Istanbul Convention as decision takes effect
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention is deeply regrettable and should be reversed, CEDAW said.
Bachelet urges Palestinian authorities to ensure the safety of protesters ahead of planned demonstrations in Ramallah
Bachelet urges Palestinian authorities to ensure the safety of protesters ahead of further demonstrations in Ramallah, following the violent suppression of protests by Palestinian security forces, both uniformed and plain-clothed, and other armed individuals.
Morocco: UN human rights expert decries “clampdown” on human rights defenders
Morocco must stop targeting human rights defenders and journalists standing up for human rights issues related to Western Sahara, and allow them to work without reprisals, says UN expert.
Guatemala: UN and OAS experts sound alarm about ‘choking’ NGO law
UN and OAS experts say Guatemala’s controversial new law targeting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) violates international human rights standards and threatens to turn human rights defenders into criminals
Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares
In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women kicked off a three-day “landmark effort” in Paris on Wednesday, aiming to lay out ambitious investments and policies to bridge the chasm between where women stand in the world today, and where they should be, by 2030.
Norway is Creating a Huge National Park Where Arctic Coal Mine Once Lay
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. Norway is dismantling their last Arctic coal mine piece by piece and turning the area it sits in into a national park twice the size of Grand Teton in Wyoming. The goal is to turn the Svalbard Archipelago, in
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