World Bank Group’s Compliance & Land
Private sector investment affecting land in developing countries often leads to disputes between companies and local communities over land rights and land use. Since 1999, the private-sector arms of the World Bank Group (WBG)—the International
Published : 30 June 2015
Palestine: States must Act on UN Recommendations
Today, the UN Human Rights Council was briefed on and discussed the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on the Gaza Conflict, which documented the grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights
Published : 29 June 2015
Amsterdam Drops Tel Aviv’s Twinning Plan
A plan to link Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin cities was dropped on Thursday after the Dutch capital’s mayor, Eberhard Van der Laan, came under fire from pro-Palestinian activists. Van der Laan has been an
Published : 26 June 2015
Turkey before the UPR
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Sweden, Grenada, Turkey and Kuwait. At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Council, Joachim Ruecker, said that 26
Published : 26 June 2015
Turkey: Armed Attack, Ilisu Dam Construction Halted
Following a series of events including dismissals, an armed assault, injuries and arson, workers have left the Ilisu Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant construction site, thus bringing work to a halt. These events show how
Published : 23 June 2015
FIFA and Human Rights
Middle FIFA has become an institution that is not only a byword for corruption, but one that, through acts of omission and commission, has tolerated human rights violations around the world. The past few weeks
Published : 23 June 2015
Pope Addresses Climate Ethics
VATICAN CITY—He warns of “synthetic agrotoxins” harming birds and insects and “bioaccumulation” from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and “maximum energy efficiency.” And although he offers prayers at the beginning and end
Published : 18 June 2015
Egypt: My city, whose responsibility?
In Azhar Park on June 15, Christine Auclair, coordinator of the World Urban Campaign, invited a group of journalists, urban researchers, activists, government players and others to brainstorm about a national campaign on urban issues
Published : 17 June 2015
Global Frackdown to Paris 2015
For the last three years, the Global Frackdown initiative has played an important role in connecting the collective movement against fracking and elevating the call to ban fracking and related infrastructure and processes. It has shed
Published : 15 June 2015
