Despite Some Gains, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Remain Lowest-Scoring Indicator in Third Annual Clean Car Report Country Global agnes Tue, 02/11/2025 – 19:30 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image A press release by the SIRGE Coalition Automakers Must Account for Indigenous Peoples to Improve Sustainability and Human Rights Commitments Global […]
Read MoreOn 10 February 2025, President Trump announced that he was increasing tariffs on US imports of aluminum from 10% to 25% and ending various exemptions and exclusions to the US tariffs of 25% on imports of steel. The tariffs were first imposed in President Trump’s first term under the authority […]
Read MoreYasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), interacts with Sudanese refugee children in Egypt. Sherif appealed to the global community to empower girls in crises to receive the education, training, and resources they need to improve their knowledge and skills base in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). […]
Read MoreDr. Mayian Lekirimpoto: The Samburu Doctor Proving That Science Belongs to Indigenous Women, Too Country Kenya agnes Mon, 02/10/2025 – 10:44 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Intern) If you ever find yourself in a remote Samburu village at night, you […]
Read MoreFlashback to 2020 protests against a rigged election. Credit: Andrew Keymaster/Unsplash By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Feb 10 2025 (IPS) In the months leading up to presidential elections at the end of January, Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Some observers saw this as a […]
Read MoreThe Singapore section of this publication is issued by K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, a Singapore law firm with full Singapore law and representative capacity, and to whom any Singapore law queries should be addressed. K&L Gates Straits Law is the Singapore office of K&L Gates LLP. 2024 was a year […]
Read MoreA Canadian Mining Giant vs. the Guardians of the Amazon Country Ecuador agnes Thu, 02/06/2025 – 11:08 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois). Photos by Ian Willms Around the world, mining operations have deepened poverty in Indigenous communities and destroyed traditional livelihoods, leaving environmental devastation […]
Read MoreGlobal law firm K&L Gates LLP secured a win for the Duwamish Tribe in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington. The court ordered the US Department of Interior to reconsider the Tribe’s petition for federal recognition, marking a significant step in the Duwamish Tribe’s ongoing journey. […]
Read MoreWomen vanish from public life under Taliban rule. Credit: Learning Together. By External SourceFeb 7 2025 (IPS) Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been systematically banned from education, making Afghanistan the only country in the world that denies schooling to girls over the […]
Read MoreOn 23 January 2025, Luxembourg enacted a bill implementing the EU Mobility Directive (2019/2121) for cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, featuring (i) a harmonised legal framework for these transactions across the European Union, and (ii) a distinct set of rules for transactions not covered by the EU special regime. Transposition […]
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