By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022. © 2022 Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP Photo On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights”. This year’s text focuses on the importance of development financing in fulfilling these rights.The resolution, which has been adopted regularly since 2007, addresses for the first time key issues in global economic debates, such as international tax cooperation, debt, public…
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By Jean Sovon
China, a key player in the installation of the Niger-Benin pipeline, has not been involved in mitigating environmental consequences or compensating victims along the pipeline route.
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
Has TikTok got you worried you’re not eating enough protein to keep you healthy? Here’s how much you really need, and what that looks like throughout a day.
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By Rakesh Gupta, Associate Professor of Accounting & Finance, Charles Darwin University
The trade war is likely to lead to more energy-intensive goods produced in the US, and dampen international investment in renewable energy.
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By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
Before you turn on the TV, remember Adolescence is not a documentary. It is a drama series. And the issues it raises require care and nuance.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia should be careful of going down the route of supplicant in the effort to remove the new Trump tariffs.
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By Human Rights Watch
A riot police officer shoots a tear gas canister at protesters during a demonstration of pensioners calling for improvements to their pensions and access to free medicines, among other demands, in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2025. © LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Argentine authorities should investigate security forces’ use of force to confront a protest led by pensioners and review an “anti-protest” protocol that opens the door to abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 12, 2025, hundreds of pensioners gathered outside Argentina’s National Congress in…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024. © 2024 Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The US government should end its sweeping effort to arbitrarily arrest and deport international students and scholars in retaliation for their political viewpoints and activism related to Palestine, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration’s statements and actions reveal that its justifications for the arrests and planned deportations are…
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
It was only after a medical check-up, when the girl was already five months pregnant, that doctors, realizing the girl was underage and pregnant, informed the police.
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By Amnesty International
The Belgian authorities continue deny reception to thousands of people seeking asylum, forcing them into homelessness, in violation of the country’s obligations under international, EU and Belgian law, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, ‘Unhoused and Unheard: How Belgium’s persistent failure to provide reception violates asylum seekers’ rights’, Amnesty International documents how Belgium’s […] The post Belgium: Persistent failure to provide reception violates rights and dignity of people seeking asylum appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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