Hundreds of legal experts push Biden to drop 'punitive and deadly' sanctions
News / 13th August 2024As human rights defenders marked the 75th anniversary of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its prohibition on collective punishment, hundreds of legal experts urged the global community to comply with international law by ending the use of illegal sanctions.
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers
News / 5th August 2024The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested.
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
News / 2nd August 2024More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, according to the latest data on hunger from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
News / 25th July 2024Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, according to the latest figures from the United Nations.
Former heads of state and government call on President Biden and fellow G20 leaders to back global deal to tax the ultra-rich
News / 12th July 2024Close to 20 former heads of state have called on current G20 leaders to support a ‘new global deal to tax the world’s ultra-rich individuals’ in an open letter.