Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 493
Does a New Gold Standard Really Protect Miners?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jun 29 (IPS) - Many products these days come with the promise that workers and communities all along their supply line are protected from abuse under a particular standard or code of conduct. Since the United Nations adopted the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights a decade ago, a plethora of such certification systems have emerged, including for mining and connected industries ranging from cars to jewelry and electronics.
Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women
- UN News
As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened half the world’s population, the UN chief said on Tuesday, in the lead up to the Generation Equality Forum in France.
Acceleration Rights Plan for Gender Equality Mooted at Equality Forum
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) - As the global gathering for gender equality, the Generation Equality Forum, kicks off in Paris on June 30, 2020, IPS conducted an exclusive interview with Katja Iversen.
Despite advances, terrorist threats continues to persist and diversify
- UN News
Although the fight against terrorism has made important advances in thwarting attacks across the world, the UN chief said on Monday that threats continue to persist and diversify.
Violence against smuggled migrants widespread, but justice is lacking: UN report
- UN News
Migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little action to address these offences, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Monday.
Universal Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Are Critical for Truth, Trust and COVID Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 28 (IPS) - With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for loved ones, the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that has swept across South Asia has felt surreal. Official figures have indicated record-breaking daily coronavirus cases and deaths, not only in South Asia, but across the entire Asia-Pacific region during the latest surge. As devastating as it has been, the truth is we may never know how many people have died during the pandemic.
UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism
- UN News
Radical policing reforms are needed to address systemic racism affecting people of African descent around the world, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday, as her Office published a series of recommendations prompted by the killing of George Floyd.
WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide
- UN News
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds “enormous potential” for improving the health of millions around the world if ethics and human rights are at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday.
UNs Double Standard on Human Rights Abusers Protects Big Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 25 (IPS) - When the UN’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict was released last week, it was expected to “name and shame” some of the world’s worst human rights violators – particularly the abusers of children.
To Build Back Better from the Pandemic, We Must Overhaul the Way We Deal with Development Finance
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 25 (IPS) - Over the past 18 months, the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have transformed our lives and prompted a period of deep reflection as a global community. In some sense, we are only now starting to understand our vulnerabilities, and in particular, how deeply exposed and interconnected we are as people, communities and as countries.
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