Haiti needs outside help to end “nightmare” of gang violence – OHCHR
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the international community on Friday to “urgently consider” sending a specialised support force to impoverished Haiti, which has been gripped by a “living nightmare” of gang violence. Haiti’s government in October asked for a “specialised armed force” to help combat armed gangs […]
Essay: Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues
In an article published on The Conversation, JOSHUA HALLWRIGHT, deputy director of the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership at Australia’s Deakin University, looks at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the African nation…
Essay: In Afghanistan, heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
UK researchers JONATHAN GOODHAND and JAN KOEHLER look – in an article first published on The Conversation – look at why the trade in people and drugs is growing in importance in Afghanistan…
Essay: Slow international response to Belarus crisis shows limits of world’s human rights regime
In an article first published on The Conversation, KANSTANTSIN DZEHTSIAROU, professor in human rights law at the University of Liverpool, says there is much more the international community could do to support human rights in Belarus…
Oxfam welcomes international aid pledges for Yemen but says it needs to be backed up by efforts to end the war
Oxfam has welcomed pledges of $US2 billion in humanitarian aid to help address the crisis in war-torn Yemen, but has said the aid will need to be backed up by international efforts to end the three year war. The pledges were made by 40 donor nations and organisations in Geneva this week and account for […]
ESSAY: AFTER SIX YEARS, SYRIA A PATCHWORK OF MISERY
After six years of war in Syria, TIM COSTELLO, chief advocate for World Vision Australia, reflects on why Australia needs to continue to agitate for peace in the nation…