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Earth’s ‘life support system’ is being destroyed by global business paradigm, UN expert warns
News / 12th March 2024UN expert calls for an urgent and radical shift in how business and the global economy operates to prevent irreversible damage to Earth’s life support system and safeguard human rights.
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.
Gazans are starvingーDon’t cut aid now
Blog / 1st March 2024To feed children, treat the wounded, and save innocent lives, the U.S. must restore UNRWA’s funding and use its leverage to compel an immediate ceasefire, writes Phyllis Bennis.
WTO is unfit for purpose in an era of multiple crises
Blog / 29th February 2024A civil society statement to the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi calls for an alternative international trade framework based on food sovereignty.
‘Bedrock of peace’ under attack, Secretary-General warns
News / 29th February 2024Around the world, governments must step up and commit to working for peace and security rooted in human rights. We urgently need a new commitment to all human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The Commons and public services: A new way forward or an alternative to human rights?
Report / 23rd February 2024A briefing paper by GI-ESCR explores alternative approaches to delivering universal public services based on the shared ideas of the commons and human rights movements.
North ignores ‘perfect storm’ in global South
Blog / 22nd February 2024A gathering ‘perfect storm’ now threatens much devastation in the global South, likely to most hurt the poorest and most vulnerable, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
1.4 billion children globally missing out on basic social protection
News / 22nd February 2024Globally, 1.4 billion children aged 0-15 lack any form of social protection, leaving them vulnerable to disease, poor nutrition and poverty, according to new data released today by the International Labour Organization, Save the Children and UNICEF.
Israel’s Gaza campaign is the gravest moral crisis of our time
Article / 15th February 2024The crisis in Gaza shows those nations that should be defending international law and humanitarian values to be openly betraying their commitments. Their moral bankruptcy couldn’t be more glaring, writes Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
UN says war-torn Sudan must not be forgotten, calls for aid funding
News / 14th February 2024The United Nations has urged countries not to forget the civilians caught up in the war in Sudan, appealing for $4.1 billion to meet their humanitarian needs and support those who have fled to neighbouring countries.