A tax on the super-rich to fight hunger gains ground
Article / 28th June 2024A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world’s 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the Brazilian government and the European Union’s Tax Observatory has shown.
How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question
Article / 6th June 2024As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding. By Jake Bittle for Grist.
Anti-genocide students are fulfilling their duty to prevent war crimes—will you?
Article / 10th May 2024Students who protest war and genocide in Gaza are not criminals in international law. Protesting war crimes is no crime.
STWR supports call to UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza
Article / 15th April 2024STWR joins global humanitarian and human rights organisations demanding all UN member states halt arms transfers to Israel and Palestinian armed groups fuelling the crisis in the Gaza strip.
The situation in Ukraine and Gaza is devastating — but we ignore wars in Africa at our peril
Article / 5th March 2024It is imperative that we hold our governments accountable for their failures in the Sudanese conflict. Inaction will trigger a wider crisis of migration that we can no longer ignore, writes Nimco Ali.