EU: Recommendations for 2040 targets to reach climate neutrality by 2050

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The European Commission is charting the path to reach the goal of making the European Union climate neutral by 2050. It recommends a 90% net greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels, which is in line with recent scientific advice and the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

REPORT LAUNCH: Freedom in the World 2024

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Date February 29, 2024 – 10:30AM – 12:00PM EST. Join us for the launch of Freedom in the World 2024: The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict, Freedom House's flagship report which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973.

Malaysian Youth Build Capacity on Hate Speech and Atrocity Prevention

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Between August 24 and 27, 2023, the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) conducted a hate speech training workshop aimed at Malaysian youth. This workshop was an expansion of the program initiated in 2021

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FORUM: Exploring the Four Voices of Design to Solve Complex Problems

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In this new podcast discussion, we explore the approach of human-centered design and how it can be used to both discover and uplift perspectives to help find community-focused solutions.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the death penalty in the United States of America

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The Committee of Ministers deplores the execution on 25 January in the State of Alabama of Mr Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was already subject to a failed execution in 2022.

Widening inequalities, slow climate action among factors pushing region further away from sustainable development targets

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The latest edition of the Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report, set to be launched next week, provides a sobering reminder of the extraordinary collective effort still needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

EU: Over 260 business & human rights practitioners, lawyers and academics join call to support the CSDDD

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Ahead of the EU Council’s vote on the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on February 9th, over 260 business and human rights practitioners joined a call to support the CSDDD.

UN Expert Slams Philippines ‘Red-Tagging’

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Irene Khan, the United Nations expert on freedom of expression, concluded her 10-day visit to the Philippines on February 2 by urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to denounce the practice of “red-tagging” and disband the National Task Force on Local Communist Armed Conflict.

WORLD RESTORATION FLAGSHIPS

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On 13 February - in the lead-up to the sixth UN Environment Assembly - the UN will announce seven new World Restoration Flagships. Stay tuned! Countries have already promised to restore 1 billion hectares – an area larger than China – as part of international climate, nature, and land goals. However, little is known about the progress or quality of this restoration.

The Garment Me Too campaign is a transformative vision of work that centers the dignity and economic security of women workers.

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The purpose of the campaign is to target the supply chains of garment apparel brands in order to bring brands and their suppliers to the table with supplier unions to bargain and create changes on production lines at the industrial level as well as along global supply chains.

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