Category - protection

July 23, 2018

EU Commission told to face reality over hormone-disrupting chemicals

ClientEarth has rejected the European Commission’s view that current regulation governing endocrine disrupting chemicals is sufficient when blatant gaps still exist.
July 15, 2018

UN agrees first-ever Global Compact on migration

For the first time ever, United Nations Member States have agreed an all-encompassing Global Compact to better manage international migration.
June 27, 2018

TUC calls on employers to ensure workers are protected during the hot weather

The Trades Congress Union (TUC) has called on employers to make sure that any staff working outdoors are protected from sun and heat.
June 26, 2018

Gap between refugee resettlement needs and opportunities widens, says UNHCR

The UNHCR has appealed to countries to take in more refugees.
June 18, 2018

Another death in Australia's Nauru offshore detention centre

Amnesty International has responded to the news that a 26-year-old Iranian man is reported to have died on the island of Nauru, an offshore detention centre, on 15 June 2018.
June 11, 2018

Second German diesel ban by 2019

The regional court of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled that the authorities must put a diesel ban in place by January 2019 to bring illegal levels of pollution in the city down, the result of legal action by Deutsche Umwelthilfe and ClientEarth.
June 7, 2018

UK Government 'must update its Protection of Civilians in Conflict strategy'

Save the Children says the UK must improve the monitoring and reporting of civilian casualties in conflict.
June 4, 2018

Almost half of children in Afghanistan are out of school

The worsening security situation, engrained poverty and discrimination in Afghanistan have eliminated education gains made between 2002 and 2016.
May 31, 2018

UNHCR urges Hungary to withdraw draft law impacting refugees

New laws would significantly restrict the ability of NGOs and individuals to support asylum-seekers and refugees.
May 29, 2018

Oxfam launches Ebola public awareness drive in DRC

Oxfam has launched a public awareness drive to help keep Ebola under control in the Democratic Republic of Congo.