By Janine Mendes-Franco
“What we need now is radical change. We need commitments. We need adaptation financing. We need Loss and Damage money […] now is not the time to pause.”
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the forthcoming reading in Kazakhstan’s parliament of draft amendments that would ban so-called “LGBTI propaganda”, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Together with Kazakhstani civil society we call on lawmakers to reject these draft amendments before they become law. Banning so-called ‘LGBTI propaganda’ is not about protecting children, […] The post Kazakhstan: Parliament’s last-minute “LGBTI propaganda” ban must not become law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the trial that begins on 12 November in Paris of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a Congolese armed group leader accused of complicity in crimes against humanity, including killings, torture and rape, that were committed in North Kivu province in 2002 and 2003, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa’s regional office, […] The post DRC: Landmark trial in Paris of Congolese armed group leader is a crucial step to ending impunity appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Ilona Dougherty, Managing Director, Youth & Innovation Project, University of Waterloo
Canada can’t afford to leave young people on the sidelines of its economy or in the fight for Canadian sovereignty.
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By Bulbul Ahmed, PhD Candidate, University of Iowa; Bangladesh University of Professionals
A recent Security Council resolution to curb violence in Haiti was not just a local issue but a broader idea about how to stay relevant as a global organization.
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By Ashley Brandebura, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Virginia
Down syndrome results in changes to the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain. Delivering a specific protein to neurons could reverse these changes.
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Florida leads the nation in executions in a year that has seen an increase in the number of inmates put to death nationwide.
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By Paul L. Morgan, Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York
Eric Hengyu Hu, Research scientist, University at Albany, State University of New York
The achievement gap in reading is evident by students’ first year of school, according to a new study – making early intervention all the more important.
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By Jason Walker, Program Director & Associate Professor Master of Psychology Health and Wellness & Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Adler University
You did everything they told you to do. You earned the credentials, spent hours on your resume and revised multiple cover letters. You worked side gigs, volunteered, learned new software and perfected your LinkedIn profile. Yet, you can’t get a callback for an interview.
It’s as if your application vanished into the abyss of a company database, and the “thank you for applying” emails are piling up. So-called entry-level jobs now need years of experience, and junior…
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By Justin Willis, Professor of History, Durham University
Willow Berridge, Lecturer in History, Newcastle University
The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres, looting and rapes.
There is much reason to believe the allegations from Sudan are credible. UN leaders and…
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