News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 589
Parts of Kenya are Already Above 1.5˚C
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - Kenya's getting hotter. Much hotter than the 1.5˚C increase that has been deemed acceptable by global leaders, and it is too hot for livestock, wildlife and plants to survive. Thousands of households, dependent on farming and livestock, are at risk too.
Desperation and Fear on the Mexican Border
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, California, US, Jul 18 (IPS) - Ariana Sawyer is with the US program at Human Rights Watch
On the 2,000-mile journey from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to the US-Mexico border, the 20-year-old asylum seeker and her 16-year-old brother took turns sleeping every time they managed to catch a ride or get on a bus. She told me they kept each other safe that way.
Africa on Track Towards Information Black Hole
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 16 (IPS) - It is an image of resistance that went viral across the world. Alaa Salah, a young Sudanese student, dressed in a traditional white thobe standing atop a car with an enthralled crowd surrounding her as she and they boldly chanted Al-Thawra—Arabic for revolution.
How Governments Still Allow Violence Against Children
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 16 (IPS) - Tamara Tutnjevic Gorman is Policy Manager - Ending Violence against Children, World Vision
Despite what you might have heard, things are getting better, every year. We are making amazing progress on fighting diseases, reducing the preventable deaths of children, and investing huge amounts to advance medicine and knowledge and to create better living conditions.
Crime Against Humanity and Individual Guilt
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 16 (IPS) - Wars, conflict – it´s all business.
One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero.
Numbers sanctify, my good fellow!
-- Charles Chaplin Monsieur VerdouxOn 8 July, Bosco Ntaganda was by the International Criminal Court (ICC) found guilty of crimes against humanity. The 41-year-old rebel leader, nicknamed The Terminator, had ordered his fighters to "target and kill civilians", kidnap children to be brought up as soldiers and girls to become sex slaves, while personally partaking in the crimes. The Court had gathered evidence from 2,000 survivors from the rampage that Ntaganda and his army ran through the north-eastern Congolese region of Ituri, where beginning in 1999, 60,000 people have been murdered by warring rebel armies. Eighty witnesses testified directly during the court proceedings, thirteen were "experts" and the rest victims.
U.N.’s Islamic State Probe Unit Kicks into Gear
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) - A United Nations-backed probe into atrocities committed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq has frequently been criticised for making slow progress during its first two years of operations. Lately, that could be changing.
Spirit of Olympics & UN’s Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez is Chair-Rapporteur of the Human Right Council's Social Forum 2018 & Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva*
As I reflect on the varied views and perspectives that emerged during the Human Rights Council's Social Forum 2018 -- where the theme of Olympic ideal and inclusive sports and their contribution to the promotion of the human rights, peace and development through sports were extensively deliberated on -- I observed an immediate connect with the preparations that are currently underway for the hosting of the Olympics 2024 in France.
Pompeo’s New “Human Rights” Commission Is Up To No Good
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 15 (IPS) - Jamil Dakwar is director of the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) Human Rights Program and adjunct lecturer at John Jay College at the City University of New York (CUNY). Sonia Gill is senior legislative counsel with the ACLU.
The Trump administration appears to be trying to find moral footing for the president's discriminatory policies. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the creation of a "Commission on Unalienable Rights."
Women Are Pivotal in the War on Terror
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 15 (IPS) - On 10 July 2019 I was honored to moderate a meeting with women's groups for the UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres, whose aim was to better diagnose the role of women in the prevention or instigation of violent extremism.
A Relentless Battle Against Poverty & Hunger in World’s Most Populous Region
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - The world's two most populous nations-– China and India—have been making steady progress in eradicating extreme poverty, but have fallen short in their attempts to eliminate extreme hunger, according to the Bangkok-based UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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