Leendert Verbeek, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, today marked the 35th anniversary of the European Charter of Local Self Government with a reminder of its vital importance to democracy.

Invasive Alien Species Pose Major Global Threats to Nature, Economies, Food Security and Human Health Key Role in 60% of Global Plant & Animal Extinctions Annual Costs Now >$423 Billion – Have Quadrupled Every Decade Since 1970 Report Provides Evidence, Tools & Options to Help Governments Achieve Ambitious New Global Goal on Invasive Alien Species

By Amanda Gray Meral Europe’s asylum agenda and its treatment of asylum-seekers has faced heavy criticism by human rights organisations and UN agencies. The increasing numbers of push-backs and serious human rights violations at borders, including violent pushbacks, have gone hand in hand with increasing efforts to push responsibility for international protection beyond the EU’s borders to states

September 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time. Online lecture by Estelle Tarica (Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley) discussing how Holocaust memory and history have circulated in Latin America and shaped the ways Jews and non-Jews understand the state violence they experienced.