Want to Prevent Atrocities? Think Locally. Act Locally — Global Issues

Want to Prevent Atrocities? Think Locally. Act Locally — Global Issues

Violent conflicts are at a 30-year high, and the UNHCR has estimated that more than 115 million people will be forcibly displaced before the end of 2023. Credit: UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune Opinion by Katie Smith (arlington, virginia) Thursday, August 31, 2023 Inter Press Service ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug 31 (IPS) – When I…

BRICS Offers a Glimpse of What a New Global World Order Could Look Like

BRICS Offers a Glimpse of What a New Global World Order Could Look Like

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – If there were an indicator of what a new world order could look like, it was likely on display during last week’s BRICS gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the group’s largest gathering since an initial meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and…

Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts — Global Issues

Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts — Global Issues

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted a decision under its “early warning and urgent action” procedures, stating that developed countries’ “persistent refusal” to waive COVID-19 vaccine IP rights – such as patents and trademarks – violated non-discrimination guarantees under international human rights law. CERD is…

Alleviating Urban Poverty Through Livelihood Generation — Global Issues

Alleviating Urban Poverty Through Livelihood Generation — Global Issues

BRAC International recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bihar Government’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society to launch Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari, the first government-led urban Graduation programme in Asia. Credit: BRAC by Rina Mukherji (pune, india) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 (IPS) – In…

General Assembly President Calls for a Human-Centered Approach to Disarmament — Global Issues

General Assembly President Calls for a Human-Centered Approach to Disarmament — Global Issues

Csaba Ko?ro?si, President of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) – The President of the UN…

Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists — Global Issues

Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists — Global Issues

“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,” they said in a statement, issued in the wake of two recent incidents. Brutal killing Human rights defender Teresa Magueyal was shot dead while riding her bicycle…

Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances — Global Issues

Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances — Global Issues

Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared, but also their communities and society as a whole. In a post on social media platform X,…

UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses — Global Issues

UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses — Global Issues

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that UN chief António Guterres was following the evolving situation in the capital Libreville “very closely”. While condemning military action as “a means to resolve the post electoral crisis”, the Secretary-General said he had noted the announcement by the Central African nation’s electoral body of a…