Global climate negotiators reached a framework for a fund to help vulnerable nations deal with loss and damage from increasingly extreme weather, though the breakthrough was marred by sparring over exactly how the program ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2023
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Climate change is impeding the human rights of a large group of people living in the Pacific, a new report in Nature Climate Change reveals.
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2023
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Sexual harassment continues to be a problem in Canadian workplaces, and organizations are not doing enough to address it. A 2022 report by the Canadian Labour Congress indicates nearly one in two workers have experienced ...
Economics & Business
Oct 27, 2023
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As armed conflict continues to play out in the Israel–Gaza war, a separate battle is raging to control the narrative being presented to the world.
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on "excited delirium," a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police.
Political science
Oct 13, 2023
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Only a third of countries that have published plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate shocks have committed to upholding the sexual and reproductive health rights of women, girls and other marginalized ...
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2023
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A little over three years ago, a group of Portuguese youths filed a legal action against 32 European governments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over what they say is a failure to adequately tackle global heating. ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday began hearing a case brought by six Portuguese youths against 32 nations for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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A new type of regulation is needed to support and encourage organizations to comply with equality and human rights law because enforcement alone is ineffective, a new study says.
Economics & Business
Sep 20, 2023
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Six Portuguese youths are taking 32 nations to the European Court of Human Rights this month for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through the courts.
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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