Category: Human Rights

On 27 May, during the eighth edition of the Brussels Conference on ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’ hosted by the European Union, the donor community pledged a total amount of €7.5 billion. This strong commitment shows once more the willingness of the EU and the international community to mitigate the impact of […]

Today, the Guna Indigenous people living on the tiny, overcrowded, and flood-prone island of Gardi Sugdub in Panama will finally be given keys to their long-awaited new homes on the mainland. Community members have anticipated this day since 2010, when they first sought government support to move. The opening of the mainland site, called Isber […]

Today, the European Commission adopted the Communication on the Evaluation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) for the years 2017-2022. The Evaluation highlights the need for increased operational coordination across sectors to improve how Europe deals with disasters and crises.  The Evaluation found that Europe needs more coordination to foster an integrated, resilient, and […]

  Several EU member states are gathering in Madrid this week for the Amsterdam Declarations Partnership (ADP) summit, an alliance of European countries committed to eliminating deforestation in agricultural supply chains by 2025. Their leadership is sorely needed. As multiple elections loom across Europe, some politicians have tried to score political points by attacking environmental regulations that […]

A Kenyan delegation arrived last week in crisis-torn Haiti, setting the stage for deployment of a mission set to assist Haitian police in dealing with criminal groups behind the violence and chaos in Port au Prince, the country’s capital. The Kenyan-led mission, authorized by the United Nations Security Council in October 2023, is expected to be […]

A Zimbabwe court has sentenced labor activist Obert Masaraure to a US$200 fine or two months in prison, for a social media post calling for the release of another trade unionist. Masaraure was convicted of obstructing justice after posting a message on X, formerly known as Twitter, calling for the release of trade unionist Robson Chere. […]

The Commission is providing €201 million in EU humanitarian funding to address the needs of the most vulnerable people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria.  The announcement comes on the occasion of the Senior Officials Meeting on Sahel and Lake Chad, attended today by Commissioner Janez […]

In a new report on the situation in Gaza for May 2024, the authors cited testimonies “from medics and whistleblowers” that injured detainees have been held at a field hospital with “shackled hands and feet and blindfolded 24/7 to their beds”. Hostage fears In addition, as of 19 May, 128 of the 253 people captured during […]

Today, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $593 million in U.S. humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VIII Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region.” The announcement brings the total U.S. government humanitarian assistance to Syria and the region to nearly $2 billion since the beginning of […]

German environmental activists are facing increasingly harsh rhetoric and legal action from authorities as they mobilize to confront the climate crisis. Last week, on May 21, Germany’s efforts to curb environmental activism took a disturbing turn when authorities used an offence typically reserved for prosecutorial pursuit of serious organized crime to indict Letzte Generation (Last Generation), a climate activist […]