COVID-19: We Need a Human Rights Habitat
In the current COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised and responsible governments have enforced that we stay at home stay, frequently wash our hands often with soap and warm water, maintain social
Published : 17 March 2020
US Aid to Israel Razing Palestinian Homes
House Democrats ask if Israel violating US aid restriction by using resources to demolish Palestinian homes. More than 60 Democratic lawmakers are pushing the Donald Trump administration to clarify whether Israel uses American military equipment to
Published : 16 March 2020
UN: New Study on Climate-change Impacts
A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on last week, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing of the global
Published : 16 March 2020
W. Sahara Sues NZ Fund over “Blood Phosphates”
West Saharan group takes New Zealand superannuation fund to court over `blood phosphate` Independence movement lodges documents in high court arguing $45bn fund invests in illegally mined fertiliser The Western Sahara liberation movement has taken New Zealand’s
Published : 15 March 2020
Focus on COVID-19 in Slums
The impact of COVID-19 in informal settlements – are we paying enough attention? As we in the global North brace ourselves for the coronavirus pandemic we are being told to wash our hands (for 20 seconds!)
Published : 10 March 2020
W. Sahara: EU Justifies Fishing Occupied Waters
Before voting on the new EU-Morocco fish deal in 2018, extending into occupied Western Sahara, several EU Member States asked for legal advice that would determine their vote. WSRW today publishes that influential legal opinion,
Published : 05 March 2020
Human Rights Council and Western Sahara
GENEVA--An appeal to the UN Human Rights Council was launched, at a meeting in Geneva organized by the "Geneva Group in Support of Western Sahara" (GGSSO), to send commissions of inquiry into the occupied territories
Published : 02 March 2020
UN: A Call to Human Rights “Action”
At the opening of this 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, on 24 February 2020, Secretary-General António Guterres finally issued a formal initiative to consolidate human rights action in the fourth year of
Published : 25 February 2020
900,000 Displaced in Syria since December
`A horrifying new level`: UN says 900,000 displaced in northwest Syria since December – 100,000 more than previously reported – as the Syrian army said it had retaken dozens of towns in Aleppo province. A Russian-backed Syrian
Published : 18 February 2020
