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International Day of Action for People`s Food Sovereignty |
By :IPC-NENA |
20 October 2024 |
On the occasion of the International Day of Action for People`s Food Sovereignty and against transnational corporations comes on 16 October, while global social and political movements continue their tireless efforts to achieve popular sovereignty over their natural resources and food, the MENA region is plunged into a comprehensive war More...
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New Report: Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty |
By :OHCHR |
26 July 2024 |
Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty
The UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing have issued a new study. It explains why the criminalization of persons experiencing homelessness or poverty is not a suitable solution More...
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism |
By :Al Haq |
29 November 2022 |
Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism. It reflects the collaborative efforts of civil society and academic authors Rania Muhareb, More...
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Africities9 CSO statement on social justice |
By :Africities9 CSO Forum |
20 May 2022 |
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Table of Sudan`s Funded Green-transition Projects |
23 April 2022 |
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
By :Joseph Schechla |
24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit More...
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MENA Civil Society Assesses SDG Progress |
By :HIC-HLRN |
16 March 2022 |
HIC-HLRN participated with Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in the “Regional CSO Forum on Sustainable Development,” on 13–14 March 2022 at Beirut, Lebanon. The gathering of diverse policy analysts representing the Middle East/North Africa region’s civil society covered the range of contemporary development issues represented in the Sustainable-development Goals More...
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USA: Most COVID Aid for Low-income Renters |
By :Michael Casey and Fatima Hussein, Associated Press |
25 February 2022 |
Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents
WASHINGTON—More than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance aimed at keeping families in their homes during the pandemic went to low-income tenants, the Treasury Department said.
It also concluded Thursday that the largest percentage of tenants receiving pandemic aid More...
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
By :HIC-HLRN |
15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and More...
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Bla, bla, bla: Hollow Western Words over Colonies |
By :Ramzy Baroud, Counterpunch |
05 November 2021 |
Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion
The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West Bank may give the impression that such a reaction could, in theory, force Israel to abandon its plans. More...
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