By Amnesty International
July Global Two landmark Advisory Opinions this year significantly contributed to clarifying the states’ human rights obligations in the face of the climate emergency, bolstering the fight for climate justice and accountability. In July, the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) made clear that the full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of […] The post Stories of hope and humanity to end the year appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Tunisian authorities must drop charges against six staff members of the Tunisian branch of the French NGO, France Terre d’Asile, who are facing a bogus criminal trial for their humanitarian work with refugees and migrants, and cease the relentless criminalization of civil society, Amnesty International said ahead of the opening of their trial on 15 […] The post Tunisia: Authorities must immediately drop charges against humanitarian workers facing bogus criminal trial appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
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Venezuelan Nobel peace laureate, María Corina Machado, plans to return home with her accolade “at the correct moment”. You have to presume the correct moment will be at such a time as her bitter political foe Nicolás Maduro is on holiday or otherwise unavoidably detained,…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be starting to move towards some tightening of parliamentarians’ travel entitlements. After more than a week of controversy, Albanese on Friday said he had asked…
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By Alice Godden, Senior Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Polar bears are expected to become extinct but there are some signs their DNA is changing and they are adapting to new temperatures.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Riot police barricade, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, December 8, 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch On December 9, CIVICUS Monitor, a nongovernmental group assessing civic freedoms globally, downgraded France’s civic space from “narrowed” to “obstructed.”The downgrade is the result of years of attacks on civic space, marked by “escalating police violence, surveillance practices, and arrests of protesters, targeting of journalists, and persistent restrictions on fundamental rights,” according to CIVICUS. The French government is also increasingly using heavy-handed…
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By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
The federal government has done a deal - underwritten by the taxpayer - to keep Australia’s largest aluminum smelter open. What’s the exit strategy if it doesn’t go to plan?
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By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo
While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.
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By Francisco J. Monaldi, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Rice University
Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
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By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
Anthea Katelaris, Public Health Physician and Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
When you think about travel vaccines, you might think about ones for typhoid or cholera. But there are others you need to think about too.
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