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Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly, UN Warns
The Sunrise Movement declared: “This is an emergency. We need political leadership that acts like it.”
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
The United States has no lawful claim of self-defense to justify a military attack on Iran.
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Julian Assange to Be Freed
The special rapporteur is warning that WikiLeaks founder Assange is suffering the effects of “psychological torture."
Child Migrants Around the World Are Being Denied Their Human Rights
The US is the only nation not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet
Earth’s resources are most protected in areas that enjoy some autonomy from global forces, the report says.
Secretive Fossil Fuel Lobby Group Manipulated UN Climate Programs
Documents reveal how an industry group influenced the process behind U.N. climate assessments for decades.
UN to Launch Global Campaign Against Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples
The initiative aims to protect them from persecution, murder and imprisonment on falsified charges.
Trump Administration Guts UN Resolution to End Rape as a Weapon of War
The resolution was weakened after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether.
Trump Administration Forces UN to Water Down Anti-Rape Resolution
The U.S. threatened to veto the resolution entirely over language referring to “sexual and reproductive health.”
Trump Officials Want to Veto UN Measure Opposing Rape as Weapon of War
The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for survivors of rape.