Declaration on the rights of peasants awaiting final voting and adoption
News / 17th August 2018After ten long years of negotiations in Geneva, a ‘United Nations Declaration on Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas’ is now at the point of being finalised.
Earth's carbon concentrations have soared to levels not seen in 800,000 years
News / 9th August 2018One NOAA oceanographer warns that even if humanity “stopped the greenhouse gases at their current concentrations today, the atmosphere would still continue to warm for next couple decades to maybe a century.”
A record 68.5 million people in the world were forcibly displaced by the end of 2017, U.N. says
News / 26th June 2018Every two seconds, someone in the world was forcibly displaced in 2017, according to a new report by the U.N. Refugee Agency.
#SyriaConf2018 in Brussels must focus on aid, increased pledges and accountability
News / 25th April 2018Donors and governments meeting Tuesday and Wednesday for the Brussels II conference must take the opportunity to bring change for the millions of vulnerable Syrians in their war-torn country and in the region by following through on previous commitments to protect displaced people and fund the aid response.
Join us on demonstrations for Article 25
News / 24th April 2018In the UK, our campaign group Share The World’s Resources (STWR) is participating in demonstrations for economic and social justice by highlighting the cause of Article 25. Please join us by attending national demonstrations that relate to the longstanding economic and social rights enshrined within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.