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UN expert urges legal reforms to fight global hunger crisis
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter on Friday urged reforms to legal systems to fight hunger and promote the right to food. The UN High-Level Task Force for the Global Food Crisis is meeting next week in Dublin to upda (More) |
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Argentina ex-secret agent arrested on 'Dirty War' abuse charges
Argentine authorities on Monday arrested former secret service agent Miguel Angel Furci on charges of human rights abuses committed during the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Furci, a fo (More) |
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Legally-binding climate treaty unlikely before 2011: UN official
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Yvo de Boer said Wednesday that it is unlikely a new climate change treaty will be concluded until 2011. After the Copenhagen summit (COP15) in December failed to produce (More) |
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Bolivia president urges UN to declare access to clean water a basic human right
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday called on the UN to declare access to safe drinking water a basic human right, marking World Water Day . While addressing the UN General Assembly's High Level Interactive Dialogue on Water, UN Deputy Sec (More) |
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China, India agree to non-binding climate accord
China and India agreed Tuesday to endorse the non-binding Copenhagen Accord , which calls for self-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions . Some 100 countries have already agreed to be associated with the non-binding accord, which arose from th (More) |
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UN climate change talks to resume in April
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced Tuesday that another round of formal climate talks will be held April 9-11 in Bonn, Germany to follow up on the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark [of (More) |
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Malaysia court blocks development company from destroying indigenous homes
Malaysia's Kuching High Court has issued an injunction to stop a company from destroying the homes of indigenous Malaysians. Last week, state-government agents began tearing down Iban houses on land controlled by the native Iban people at the (More) |
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Honduras court finds military officials not guilty for Zelaya removal
Honduran Supreme Court President Jorge Rivera on Tuesday exonerated six military leaders accused of abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from the country last June. Rivera found [Honduras Wee (More) |
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Honduras court charges military officials with abuse of power for Zelaya ouster
A Honduran Supreme Court judge on Thursday charged top military personnel with abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from the country after he was ousted from power last June. Supreme Court Pr (More) |
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Honduras prosecutors charge military officials for Zelaya ouster
Honduran prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against three military chiefs in connection with the ouster of former president Manuel Zelaya [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in June. The attorney general's office filed abuse of power charges (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
