Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 42
Survey by Staff Federation Expresses Disappointment over UN’s Reform Process
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, August 1 (IPS) - The Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System (CCISUA)* staff federation has conducted a quick survey of staff in its member unions of their thoughts on the UN80 initiative.
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
- UN News
Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean struggle to get enough to eat, according to the latest Food Security and Livelihoods Survey conducted by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June
- UN News
Two gangs in Haiti took over a radio station in April. They broadcasted propaganda and played hip-hop supportive of their activities. Upon leaving, they took all the equipment with them and burned down a nearby market — a reminder that armed violence in Haiti is not only taking people’s lives but also destroying their livelihoods.
IPC Alert Declares the Worst Famine Conditions in Gaza since October 2023
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, July 31 (IPS) - Amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the risk of famine among rising need of consumption and nutrition have reached their worst levels since the start of the conflict. Without urgent analysis to latest report from the Food Security Classificat “IPC ALERT: Worst-case scenario of Famine unfolding in the Gaza Strip”.
Why Locally Led Development Works and How Funders Can Get It Right
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA Uganda / SORIA Spain, July 31 (IPS) - In Uganda, local communities are routinely sidelined in development processes, despite knowing most about their own needs. When a Moroto District officer remarked, ‘This is the first time local leaders were truly heard’, it offered a powerful reminder of what so often goes wrong: development fails when communities are excluded.
Four Times Rejected: Stateless Lotshampa Refugees Appeal to Nepal’s Supreme Court
- Inter Press Service
JHAPA, Nepal,, July 31 (IPS) - Four Bhutanese Lotshampa refugees—Aasis Subedi, Santosh Darji, Roshan Tamang, and Ashok Gurung—filed an appeal in Nepal’s Supreme Court on July 27, challenging a government order that would deport them from Nepal.
Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
- UN News
What began as protests against fuel price hikes in Angola have escalated into deadly unrest across the country, with at least 22 people killed and more than 1,000 detained, prompting calls from the UN for restraint and urgent investigations into possible rights violations by security forces.
On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food
- UN News
In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the war-shattered enclave by retrieving urgently needed fuel and other supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the Strip.
As Gaza Enters ‘Worst-Case Scenario of Famine,’ States Call for Palestinian Self-Determination at General Assembly
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (IPS) - As the starvation crisis in Gaza deepens into what aid organizations describe as a “worst-case scenario,” a growing coalition of nations is shifting its rhetoric and policy toward supporting Palestinian statehood. At the United Nations General Assembly this week, the humanitarian emergency has reignited global calls for a two-state solution and reignited scrutiny of the Israeli government’s blockade of aid.
ICJ Ruling Is a Pivotal Moment for Climate and Health Justice, Experts Say
- Inter Press Service
THE HAGUE, July 30 (IPS) - Legal minds in international law are trying to interpret the scope and impact of the landmark advisory opinion on climate change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where it said that states have a duty to prevent significant harm to the environment.
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