by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2021 | Briefing
THERE COULD BE 230,000 new referrals for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across England as a direct or indirect result of the pandemic, according to modelling by The Strategy Unit, a specialist NHS team which focuses on the application of multi-disciplinary...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2021 | Briefing
SRI LANKA has a robust legal framework to tackle contemporary forms of slavery and has been making progress in other areas, such as increasing minimum age of employment from 14 to 16 and the establishment of a child-labour free zone. However, Sri Lanka must become...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2021 | Briefing
OPERATION NOAH, an official partner of the Stop Cambo campaign, has welcomed the news that Shell has withdrawn from the Cambo oil development, west of Shetland. Prior to Shell’s announcement, over 70 Church of England clergy and bishops, including the Rt Rev Dr Rowan...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 4, 2021 | Briefing
THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY should act swiftly to establish an investigative mechanism to gather and preserve evidence of serious human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in Yemen, says a coalition of more than 60 civil society organisations....
by Staff Writer | Dec 4, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT has published details of its scheme to pay farmers for managing land more sustainably, restoring nature and tackling climate change. The UK’s three largest nature charities say the announcement is a huge disappointment, and does not bode well for...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 3, 2021 | Briefing
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH has a High Court hearing on Tuesday 7 December challenging the UK Government’s decision to invest $1.15bn in a gas project in Northern Mozambique. The campaign group says the decision to provide the finance package – one of the biggest ever...
