OXFAM: Millions of migrant farm workers exploited in Europe’s fields, says Oxfam

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 12Jun
Published: 4th June 2024 Approximately 1 in 4 workers in Europe’s agriculture sector are migrants. Migrant workers face violence, long working hours, and routine underpayment. The new EU supply chains law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, is a tool to combat this exploitation.
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Inclusive democracy learnings & innovations: Webinar highlights

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 12Jun
As participatory and deliberative programs continue to expand, we need to ask the questions: how effective are they at truly empowering marginalized communities, the ones who have the biggest needs and have the most to gain from these processes? How can we ensure representative participation when structural barriers such as power dynamics hinder effective and meaningful involvement?
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Conflict Trends: A Global Overview, 1946–2023

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 12Jun
This PRIO Paper examines global conflict trends between 1946 and 2023 using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). In 2023, 59 state-based conflicts were recorded in 34 countries, the highest number of conflicts registered since 1946.
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OSLO FREEDOM FORUM 2024

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 12Jun
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is an international human rights conference series hosted and produced by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
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ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE HELPDESKS ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 11Jun
Drawing from the research brief Parameters for a Global Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights published by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva office, this panel discussion – co-organised by the Geneva Human Rights Platform, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva office, and OHCHR - aims to discuss how to establish effective helpde
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Respect, protect, and fulfill the right to bodily autonomy! Ending forced sterilization of women and girls with disabilities

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 11Jun
This paper compiles expert and internationally agreed language on forced sterilization, highlighting that an eliminating forced sterilization is a human rights obligation, a moral imperative, and a shared global political commitment.
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Critical minerals and great power competition: Interactions and implications

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 11Jun
13 June 2024 14:00 - 16:00 This SIPRI webinar centres on mineral resource competition. With a focus on the policies of China, the European Union, Russia and the United States, the event will unpack varying strategies towards and implications associated with this competition.
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UNU-IAS Launches E-learning Course on Net Zero

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 11Jun
The free course introduces key concepts of climate science and practical steps that individuals can take for climate action. Date Published 7 Jun 2024
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Report: Development finance institutions should strengthen their human rights risk management systems for intermediated finance

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 11Jun
11 April 2024 A report by the Danish Institute for Human Rights explains why development finance institutions should strengthen their human rights risk management systems for intermediated finance.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Thailand’s Leaders Shun UN Human Rights Chief Print DONATE NOW June 6, 2024 5:40PM EDT | Dispatches Thailand’s Leaders Shun UN Human Rights Chief

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
In an apparent effort to avoid human rights scrutiny, Thailand’s prime minister, foreign minister, and other senior government officials did not meet with the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, when he visited Bangkok on June 5 and 6.
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