By Amnesty International
New research from Amnesty International exposes how France’s residence permit system for migrant workers is trapping racialized people in administrative limbo and leaving them vulnerable to labour exploitation, homelessness and poverty. The short-term residence permits system, which allow workers to stay in France for up to 4 years in theory, often less in practice, creates […] The post France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Katie Reid, Researcher and Advisor in the Youth Climate Justice Project, University College Cork
Aoife Daly, Professor of Law, University College Cork
Florencia Paz Landeira, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Youth Climate Justice Project, University College Cork
Young people are climate change activists, but largely excluded from global meetings, and aren’t taken seriously when they do get there.
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By Amnesty International
From 10-21 November, world leaders, scientists, activists, negotiators, diplomats, Indigenous Peoples and other affected communities will gather in Belém, Brazil for COP30, the annual UN climate conference. COP30 arrives at a critical moment. It’s the first conference since the news that the world passed the 1.5°C threshold of heating above pre-industrial levels, a limit long […] The post What is COP and why is this year’s meeting in Brazil so important? appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Cholera patients receive treatment at a medical center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 16, 2025. © 2025 Mentor David Lorens/EPA/Shutterstock (Washington, DC) – A resurgence of cholera in Haiti’s West department underscores the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch said today. The outbreak, part of a seasonal surge during the rainy period, is spreading in and around Port-au-Prince and its metropolitan area amid the near collapse of the capital’s health infrastructure and worsening insecurity.Between January 1 and October…
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By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology
Sometimes, no one sees a major global shock coming. Risk analysts call these ‘black swan’ events. Other times, we see them coming – we just don’t prepare.
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By Emille Boulot, Lecturer of Law, University of Tasmania
Jan McDonald, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania
Australia is among many countries working to protect and restore nature at scale. But long-awaited environmental law reforms won’t help much as they stand.
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By Prachatai
Debates continue about the role of traditional knowledge in disaster prevention and whether Indigenous communities should be given a larger role in disaster response.
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By Amnesty International
COP30 leaders must keep people, and not profits and power, at the heart of negotiations by committing to protect and address activists’ demands to ramp up the climate action our planet urgently needs – a full, fast, fair and funded fossil-fuel phase-out and just transition to sustainable energy for all, in all sectors, Amnesty International said ahead of […] The post COP30: People, not profits and power, must be at the heart of negotiations at UN Climate summit appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Julia Henning, PhD Candidate in Feline Behaviour, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide
While often miscast as mysterious or hard to understand, cats are actually excellent communicators. In fact, in free-ranging cat colonies, physical fights are kept to a minimum through clever use of body posturing, scent exchange and vocalisations.
Cats have also adapted their communication for humans. For instance, adult cats don’t usually meow at each other. But when around people, cats…
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By Tamar Hopkins, Honorary fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
A mass train stabbing in the UK has spurred a vigorous debate about releasing the racial and nationality details of suspects of crimes.
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