UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, July 16, 2024. © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo Major-power cutbacks and delayed payments amidst conflict and insecurity are testing the very principles and frameworks upon which the international human rights infrastructure was built nearly 80 years ago. Human rights need defending now more than ever, which is why the United Nations leadership needs to ensure that its efforts to cut costs don’t jeopardize the UN’s critical human rights work.The Trump administration’s review of US engagement with multilateral…

Read complete article

~	More than 50 years after trying to reach Venus, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth

~	For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors

~	The Premier League champions have already been crowned but there’s still a lot on the line – mainly money

~	Greens leader Adam Bandt and Teal Zoe Daniel likely to lose their seats

~	Labor has promised fast action to cut student debt, but arts students will have to wait for lower fees

~	How having no pants in public went from a nightmare to the Met Gala’s hottest fashion trend

~	‘Milkshake tax’: why it’s about innovative approaches to health, not household costs

~	Popes have been European for hundreds of years. Is it time for one from Africa or Asia?

~	The election of a new pope is announced with smoke: what do the colours mean, and how are they made?

~	Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s life – and is a model for Buddhists on Mother’s Day