A young protester in India makes a statement about dangerous levels of air pollution.
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It’s more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties and national laws.
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Foreign companies are failing to heed the UN call to stop doing business with Myanmar’s blood-stained military elite.
A Syrian refugee holds up a sign with a portrait of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during a protest outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, demanding to be moved out of Lebanon, in September 2020.
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As countries around the world develop their own private sponsorship systems, they should acknowledge how elusive refugee status can be. Policy-makers should proceed accordingly.
In this October 2011 photo, members of the Royal New Zealand defense force pump sea water into holding tanks ready to be used by the desalination plant in Funafuti, Tuvalu, South Pacific. The atolls of Tuvalu are at grave risk due to rising sea levels and contaminated ground water.
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A recent ruling by the UN’s Human Rights Committee recognized that climate refugees do exist, and acknowledged a legal basis for protecting them when their lives are threatened by climate change.
Rohingya women and children being moved on a truck south of Yangon, Myanmar.
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The issues that captured the world’s attention this year show the struggle to secure human rights is far from over.
The US’s empty chair in Geneva.
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While not exactly surprising coming from the Trump administration, backing out of a major UN body is bound to have serious consequences.
The UN committee urged Australia to end offshore processing and bring the men on Manus to Australia or another safe country.
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The UN report findings show that concerns far outweigh any improvements in Australia’s human rights record.
The UN Human Rights Committee challenged the Australian government to produce policy that truly includes Indigenous people.
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Australia came in for some harsh criticism from the UN Human Right Committee in regard to its treatment of Indigenous issues – a problem that must now seriously be addressed.