World News

December 13, 2018

Vanuatu calls for loss and damage climate change fund

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is calling for a new ‘loss and damage fund’ to ensure payments from those most responsible for climate change go towards those most affected by climate disasters.
December 13, 2018

Myanmar must end crackdown on Kachin civil society, says Global Witness

Targeting peaceful human rights defenders for condemning conflict is a farcical miscarriage of justice, says Global Witness.
December 13, 2018

UN experts concerned about EU’s online counter-terrorism proposal

Concern has been expressed that EU's definition of what constitutes terrorist content is too broad.
December 12, 2018

Polish authorities 'stepping up harassment of independent media'

Reporters Without Borders says the Polish authorities are trying to intimidate independent journalists and media outlets.
December 12, 2018

World’s largest palm oil trader 'gives forest destroyers nowhere to hide'

The plan would put the industry a step closer to eliminating deforestation from its supply chain.
December 11, 2018

New project to raise incomes of smallholder farmers in Uganda

Over 30,800 vulnerable rural households in Uganda will benefit from a US$210.4 million project that aims to sustainably increase rural livelihoods by supporting an efficient oil palm industry that complies with modern environmental and social standards.
December 11, 2018

World Council of Churches reaffirms UN declaration on human rights

The 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches in 2018 coincides with the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
December 10, 2018

70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The UN High Commissioner says the Declaration is as relevant now as when it was adopted and perhaps even more so.
December 10, 2018

Brazil denies licence for Total to drill for oil near the Amazon Reef

The announcement has been hailed as a victory for people power, and further evidence that the age of oil is on its way out.
December 9, 2018

Human rights defender jailed in Russia

One of the founders of Russia’s human rights movement has been jailed for a Facebook post about a peaceful protest.