Global Plastics Treaty: Opportunity to Protect Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A man collects items from an illegal dump on November 29, 2020 in Adana, southern Turkey. © 2020 Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Governments attending negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty should ensure that the new treaty protects human rights throughout the plastic life cycle, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a question-and-answer document about the human rights impacts of plastic production, use, and disposal. Governments are to meet in Punta del Este, Uruguay, beginning in November 2022, for a first round of talks on the treaty. While…

Read complete article

~	In Brazil, the intelligence services spied on over 300,000 citizens during the military dictatorship

~	Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

~	The politics stopping the UK from opening a youth mobility scheme with Europe

~	Tarantino abandons his tenth film – five other times Hollywood giants cancelled big projects

~	Jordan has long been a beacon of stability in the Middle East – but that looks to be changing

~	Male baldness is often trivialised – our research shows it should be taken seriously

~	To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

~	US drugs regulator gives LSD ‘breakthrough’ status for treating anxiety – why this is so significant

~	I contributed to the Misogyny In Music report – it’s sadly unsurprising that its recommendations have been rejected

~	Spotify just made a record profit. What can the platform do now to maintain momentum?