Greenpeace Wants Probe of Imports of DRC Timber

The environmental protection group Greenpeace is calling on China, the European Union and the United States to launch investigations immediately into companies that may be importing illegal timber from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A new Greenpeace report specifically accuses the Lebanese company Cotrefor of being a key player in what it calls "DRC logging chaos." The report says Cotrefor and other companies pay little attention to regulations — often exceeding quotas...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts criticize US failure to unequivocally reject racist violent events

~	On Day of Remembrance, UN says history of slave trade can help combat social injustice

~	UN body criticizes US failure to unequivocally reject racist violent events

~	Worldwide remembrance of the slave trade 'a tribute to every victim' – senior UNESCO official

~	UN human rights chief welcomes rape law reform in Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan

~	Justice vital to help Iraqi victims of ISIL's sexual violence rebuild lives – UN report

~	'No sign of positive evolution' in Burundi, says head of independent UN rights probe

~	Following El Salvador visit, UN right expert urges authorities to protect people from gangs

~	UN rights experts warn new EU policy on boat rescues will cause more people to drown

~	'Racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or Islamophobia are poisoning our societies' – UN chief