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April 18, 2024
Destroying Cultural Heritage
Explosive Weapons’ Effects in Armed Conflict and Measures to Strengthen Protection
April 18, 2024
Explosive Weapons’ Dire Impact on Cultural Heritage
The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians, Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic said in a report released today.
April 17, 2024
West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence
The Israeli military either took part in or did not protect Palestinians from violent settler attacks in the West Bank that have displaced people from 20 communities and have entirely uprooted at least 7 communities since October 7, 2023.
April 16, 2024
Insurance Firms Should Shun the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Last year was the hottest on record, with extreme weather events in many corners of the globe.
April 15, 2024
Tajikistan: EU States, Türkiye Should Not Return Dissidents
Several people based in Lithuania, Poland, and Turkey, linked to a banned Tajik opposition movement, Group 24, have in recent months disappeared or have been arrested and threatened with extradition to Tajikistan, Human Rights Watch and Norwegian Helsinki Committee said today.
April 15, 2024
Letter to the World Bank and IMF Executive Directors on Failings to Promote the Human Right to Social Security
96 human rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations, write to express concerns that the World Bank and IMF are failing to promote the human right to social security for all.
April 15, 2024
Civil Society Organisations Call on MEPs to Vote Down Harmful EU Migration Pact
Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December. The agreement is a continuation of a decade of policy that has led to the proliferation of rights violations in Europe. Moreover, it will have devastating implications for the right to international protection in the bloc and greenlights abuses across Europe including racial profiling, default de facto detention and pushbacks. Next week, MEPs will be presented with a final chance to reject the files in a Plenary vote, and to give a political signal against the adoption of a Pact that would undermine fundamental rights.