Proposed EU law takes steps towards human rights due diligence, but the devil is in the detail ( BY Gabrielle Holly, Danish Institute of human rights)

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The European Commission's new bill on corporate responsibility maintains ambitions despite opposition, but several details in the proposal risk becoming a stumbling block rather than a means of achieving the desired effect, writes Gabrielle Holly.

UN Volunteers supporting environmental multilateralism

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The UN Volunteers (UNV) programme partners with UN Environment (UNEP) for the conservation, protection, enhancement and support of nature and natural resources. Volunteer action is important for tackling environmental challenges and the spiraling global climate crisis.

SAVE THE CHILDREN EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO ON U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT-FUNDED SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR CHANGE RESEARCH PROJECT

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Save the Children announces it has joined a global partnership to generate an evidence-based understanding of agency, empowerment, and how they influence the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities through Agency for All Project.

Delivering for Youth 2022 (OECD)

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Delivering for youth: How governments can put young people at the centre of the recovery compiles the views of youth organisations from 72 countries on their experiences through the COVID-19 crisis and related government action.

2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development

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SIPRI is proud to announce that the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development will be held on the theme of ‘Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk’.

Geneva Biodiversity Conference

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Geneva Biodiversity Conference, comprising the meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body on Implementation as well as the Open-ended Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

MENA Climate Week 2022 ( from 28 to 31 March)

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The first Middle East and North Africa Climate Week, MENACW 2022, signals a new era of cooperation on climate in the region. MENACW 2022 is one of the first opportunities to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and Glasgow Climate Pact adopted during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The event will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

UN Global Sports Programme's High-Level Roundtable

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Join the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism for a discussion on how sport can be leveraged to foster resilience while accomplishing developmental goals and protecting major sport events as goods of humanity.

EU Commission stands by the Farm to Fork Strategy (WWF)

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Posted on 24 March 2022 Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a package of measures to address short-term concerns in relation to agri-food markets while maintaining the longer-term plans to make the EU food system sustainable.

UN HUMAN RIGHTS: Appointments at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council (13 June to 8 July 2022)

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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fiftieth session of the Council The secretariat of the Human Rights Council is currently accepting applications for eight vacancies of independent United Nations experts of the Council.

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