Climate JusticeThe UN Voice for Environmental Action
Just on the eve of the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) and the coming discussions on climate change and a sustainable world...
Rene Wadlow
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Climate Justice
Silent Violence Against Women
How many victims of silence there are, and at what cost! Silence has its laws and its demands.... Silence demands that its...
Global JusticeConvention on the Rights of the Child: The Vital Role of NGOs
When the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20,...
Global JusticeParis Attacks: Symbols and Choices
The Islamic State (ISIS, or Daesh in Arabic) either is using a good public relations firm or has its own agents to...
Human RightsYemen: Where Humanity Is Flouted
At the United Nations headquarters in Geneva On October 31, 2015, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President of the International Committee of the...
Human RightsWoman as Peacemakers
Seeing with eyes that are gender aware, women tend to make connections between the oppression that is the ostensible cause of conflict...
Climate JusticeWorld Food Day: A Renewal of Collective Action
October 16 is the UN-designated World Food Day. The date is the anniversary of the FAO’s creation in 1945 with the aim...
Peace & DisarmamentSeptember 26 : International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
The struggle against the nuclear weapon cult and threats it poses to the international peace, security and development, like all struggles against...
United NationsThe UN Leadership Team and the Non-Aligned Movement
There is currently an active discussion among UN delegations in New York concerning how the next UN Secretary-General will be appointed in...
Global JusticeMigration-Refugee Exodus: A Worldwide Challenge
During the summer of 2015, the international community has become increasingly concerned with the causes behind the mass exodus of people from...
Human RightsThe Continuing Humanitarian Crisis in ISIS-held Areas
In an August 25, 2014 statement, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the “appalling, widespread, and systematic deprivation of human...
Human RightsYemen and World Law: Building from Current Experience
The indiscriminate bombing of cities in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition highlights the need for renewal of the way that humanitarian law...