New ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine
The ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that is does have jurisdiction over grave crimes committed in occupied Palestinian territory is a “significant...
Migration statistics update: The impact of COVID-19
Newly available EU data on asylum and irregular border crossings in the first 10 months of 2020 shows the impact of the pandemic on...
Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton
The systematic and systemic use of child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry has come to an end, although some local vestiges...
COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of trafficking
Although almost 50,000 victims of human trafficking were detected and reported in 2018 by 148 countries, the “hidden nature” of the crime means that...
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19...
EU must place social justice ‘at its core’ to lift people out of poverty
The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is “a defeat for social rights”, an independent UN human...
Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months
Violence and insecurity related to the recent elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes...
Calls for Private Investment to Fill Humanitarian Aid Needs
The COVID-19 pandemic could plunge 100 million more people into extreme poverty, according to the World Bank, at a time when aid budgets are...
Nigeria Joins Forces with World Economic Forum to Fight Plastic Pollution
Nigeria will officially join the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a platform that works with governments, businesses and civil society to...
UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations
UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel’s conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country’s international obligations.
The comments came after the 6 January conviction by an Israeli military court of the Palestinian human...