CIEL Staff React to End of Resumed Fifth Plastics Treaty Talks

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 15Aug
GENEVA, August 15, 2025 — The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to advance a global plastics treaty (INC-5.2) ended in a failure of process, with talks collapsing shortly after dawn.
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INC 5.2: “The inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wake up call for the world”, Greenpeace statement

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 15Aug
Geneva, Switzerland – After two years of Global Plastics Treaty talks, ministers in Geneva faced a historic choice during the final hours of what was supposed to be the last round of negotiations: deliver a treaty that truly tackles plastic pollution, or give into the petrochemical industry’s lobbying.
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Youthquake: Youth-led Movements Shaking Up East and Southeast Asia

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 15Aug
NEW YORK (Aug. 14, 2025) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has released a new report highlighting how youth across Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, and the Uyghur and Tibetan diasporas have led large-scale, transnational movements for democracy, freedom, and justice.
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Will the World Bank be a partner for a just energy transition in developing countries?

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From the Bretton Woods Project. by Rebecca Ray, Global Development Policy Center
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AI for Sustainable Development Goals (AI4SDGs) Think Tank

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14Aug
A global collection of AI projects and proposals that impacts UN Sustainable Development Goals, both positively and negatively.
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‘A Mockery’: Nations Unite in Outrage at Plastics Treaty Draft

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by 13/08/2025 • Stefan Anderson for Health Policy Watch
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INC-5.2 Global South Press Briefing by GAIA

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14Aug
Event by GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives). EVENT ALSO STREAMED ONLINE.
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The Sciences of the Democracies

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 13Aug
The Sciences of the Democracies (SOTD) Research Network begins with the premise that "democracy" and cognate terms bear potentially endless meanings. Recognising that 20th-century democracy theorists, such as Arne Naess and Giovanni Sartori, were correct in their assertions that the work of cataloguing "democracy"'s diverse meanings (still) needs to be done...
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[STATEMENT] Defend Indigenous People! Defend the Environment!

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 13Aug
"As we commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders affirms its fight against development aggression, extractive industries, and rampant militarism that have taken the lives, freedoms, and livelihoods of indigenous peoples all over the Asia-Pacific region. "
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Nepal: ICJ and partners call for action on gender and disability-based discrimination

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 13Aug
On 16 July 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with local partners – Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), KOSHISH and the Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)– made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of its review of Nepal’s human rights record in January 2026.
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