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  • 18 May 2010
    Governments lobbied over abuse of domestic workers

    Anti-Slavery International is lobbying governments around the world to support a strong global convention on conditions for domestic workers when they meet to discuss the issue next month.

  • 31 Mar 2010
    UN urged to ditch cattle-ranchers from human rights board

    The United Nations is being urged to remove a controversial Brazilian cattle-ranching firm from an initiative designed for businesses committed to ethics and human rights.

  • 29 Jan 2010
    Blair says uncertain legal advice was sufficient for invasion

    Tony Blair has struggled to avoid tough questions about the legalities of his decision to invade Iraq. Speaking at the Iraq Inquiry, he said that the Attorney General's last-minute change of mind was legally sufficient.

  • 26 Jan 2010
    Huge distance still to go on Haiti relief, says global aid chief

    The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator yesterday told delegates attending the Ministerial Conference on Haiti that health care, food, water and shelter are top priorities for quake survivors.

  • 25 Jan 2010
    UN team to assess protection issues in post-quake Haiti

    A team of UN staff dealing with human rights and displacement has gone to quake-hit Haiti to assess a range of protection issues in the wake of the disaster that has left one third of the 9 million inhabitants in need of urgent assistance.

  • 10 Dec 2009
    Non-discrimination is central to human rights

    The concept of non-discrimination lies at the heart of human rights, says Navi Pillay. For this reason, it has been designated the official theme of this Human Rights Day, which occurs every year on the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

  • 23 Nov 2009
    Top Methodist to join climate cycle ride to Copenhagen

    Ben Bradley, Events Co-ordinator of the British Methodist Church, has said that he will join a team of 28 volunteers cycling 140 miles to the United Nations climate change conference at Copenhagen.

  • 11 Nov 2009
    Churches advocate at UN on climate impact, indigenous rights and Colombia

    Global church representatives gather in New York City from 15 November to press three issues at the United Nations: peoples being displaced by climate change, indigenous rights and Colombia's protracted internal conflict.

  • 6 Nov 2009
    Reducing poverty means fighting corruption, say global faith leaders

    Over 100 faith leaders have written to the United Nations Secretary-General ahead of a crucial international meeting on corruption. They insist that corruption is underming attempts to reduce global poverty.

  • 2 Oct 2009
    Vatican hits out at other faiths over child abuse

    The Vatican's representative at the United Nations has shocked listeners by suggesting that there could be more child abuse within Protestant and Jewish communities than in the Roman Catholic Church.