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Rome: Pope Francis Joins World Meeting of Popular Movements |
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By :Dicastery for Integral Human Development (DPIHD) |
| 20 September 2024 |
Pope Francis participates in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first World Meeting of Popular Movements
The Holy Father attends the Symposium at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Pope Francis visited the Dicastery for Integral Human Development (DPIHD) on September 20, to participate in the 10th anniversary symposium
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Activists stage rare UAE protest at CoP28 |
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By :Angus McDowall, Reuters |
| 09 December 2023 |
Activists stage rare UAE politics protest during CoP28 climate summit
DUBAI—A small group of demonstrators staged a very rare protest in Dubai on Saturday in the CoP28 U.N. climate summit site to demand the release of pro-democracy activists imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
About 25 activists took part in the protest,
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‘Like 1948’: Israel Ethnically Cleanses Vast West Bank Region |
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By :Oren Ziv, +972 mag, in partnership with Local Call/ שיחה מקומית |
| 31 August 2023 |
‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians
In mere months, entire Palestinian communities between Ramallah and Jericho have been chased out by settler violence and state policies — paving the way for a total Israeli takeover of thousands of acres of land.
There are almost no
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Fighting Lebanon`s Illegal Logging Scourge |
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By :Qantara.de |
| 03 February 2023 |
Fighting Lebanon`s Illegal Logging Scourge
Braving the bitter cold, Lebanese villagers have been patrolling a mountainside in the country`s north, trying to protect trees from loggers who roll in under the cover of darkness, while refugees in the Bekaa valley have joined a seed bomb reforestation project.
Crisis in Lebanon
Forest still covers
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Rest in Peace and Power, Khadija Catherine Razavi |
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By :CENESTA |
| 16 April 2022 |
With a broken heart and extreme sadness, we have to inform you all that our beloved Chair of the Board, Khadija Catherine Razavi, passed away on Saturday, 16 April 2022.
Catherine was an outspoken, strong, and unwavering voice for the non-human environment and an essential advocate for the continuous existence
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Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara |
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By :WSUSA and HIC-HLRN |
| 16 March 2022 |
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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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
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CSOs: UN Food Systems Pre-Summit Fails |
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By :CSM |
| 02 August 2021 |
Thousands of people gather at counter-mobilization to reiterate “We need food systems that empower people, not companies”
UN Food Systems Pre-Summit falls short on climate, hunger crisis, COVID, and food systems transformation, say counter-mobilization participants, which totalled almost 9,000 people.
ROME—Between 25 and 28 July 2021, some 9,000 people participated in a
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Cooling Cairo: One Rooftop Garden at a Time |
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By :Marianne Dhenin, YES! |
| 08 July 2021 |
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Growing greens can be a powerful tool for change.
The view of Cairo from the air is one of concrete buildings and tangled overpasses stretching as far as the eye can see. Green areas comprise less than 4% of the total urban built area, and recent construction
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Sierra Leone: ‘Ecological Disaster’ in Paradise |
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By :Abdul Brima, China Dialogue Ocean |
| 18 June 2021 |
Sierra Leone sells precious beach to build Chinese-funded fishing port
Locals say the government’s decision to sell land at Black Johnson, an ecotourism destination, is a `human and ecological disaster`
Months after becoming Sierra Leone’s president in 2018, Julius Maada Bio scrapped a much-hyped international airport that his predecessor, Ernest Bai Koroma,
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