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Violence in Eastern DRC - UN to the Rescue? 13 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
Photo: UN Photo/ Clara Padovan On March 28, 2013, the UN Security Council passed a resolution extending the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, abbreviated Monusco. However, apart from...
Statement: Bahraini Human Rights Organizations Need Support 12 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Photo: Bahrain Center for Human Rights As the Bahraini society is preparing for mass protests on the 14 August, the human rights situation in the country deteriorates, says a statement of six human r...
Arab Region's Current Dangerous Developments - ANND Statement 7 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) has published a statement concerning the current developments in the Arab region. The network states that following the Arab Spring movement, many of the co...
Income Inequality in Asia Leads to Illicit Financial Flows 6 Aug 2013 | 02:06 pm
In an article for Financial Transparency Coalition, a transparency watchdog, economist Ann Hollingshead describes the relationship between income inequality, wealth and illicit financial flows in the ...
Mozambican Civil Society Mobilizes for Defending Resources and Land 5 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
More than 30 Mozambican civil society organizations have committed to take concerted action against privatization of land and looting of natural resources. Mozambique’s National Peasants Union (União ...
The situation of Roma: Discrimination and human rights violations in the middle of Europe 2 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
Picture: Водник Throughout Europe, the situation of Roma is worsening – from a bad starting point. New laws and practices as well as a worsening racist discourse are putting pressure on an integral p...
FIAN Concerned about Opposition to Peasants Rights Declaration 2 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
Photo: worak The first session of an intergovernmental working group for drafting a UN declaration on the rights of peasants took place in July. FIAN, an international human rights organization advoc...
Petition: The Hague Civil Society Call to Action on Human Rights 2 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)Beyond 2014 took place from July 7-10. As a product of the conference, participants developed The Hague Civil Society Call to Action on...
Financing for Development in the EU - Mixed Results 1 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
The European Commission’s recent accountability report and communication on financing for development highlights the importance of domestic resource mobilisation, tackling illicit financial flows and ...
Global Financial Crisis Affecting Especially Women 1 Aug 2013 | 04:14 pm
The global financial crisis has had an especially heavy toll on the lives and livelihoods of women, reports ‘A bottom up approach to righting financial regulation’ initiative in its sixth primer. Soci...
