Human Rights
- Wed May 07 2008
Call for papers on the future of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Sur – Human Rights University Network and the International Service for Human Rights invite contributions to be published in a Special Issue on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of Sur – International Journal on Human Rights.
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Human Rights
- Tue Apr 22 2008
Breakthrough for universal social justice
After five years of difficult negotiations, UN member states approved the text of a complaints mechanism to guarantee the rights of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Education
- Mon Apr 21 2008
The world's biggest lesson is taking place on 23 April
As part of the global action week 2008 on education for all, the world's biggest lesson attempts to get officials, decision makers and media back to school, and get the largest number of individuals taking the same lesson at the same time: Quality education to end exclusion.
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Society
- Fri Apr 18 2008
Press statement on Zimbabwe
The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) joins the regional and international community in noting, with great concern, the disturbing developments unfolding in Zimbabwe.
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Social Development
/Gender
- Sat Apr 12 2008
FAO’s gender position
This public statement is important to ensure that for 2009 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) regional office declares the Gender Position as permanent, well resourced and strong mechanism for FAO.
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Health
- Tue Apr 08 2008
World health day 2008: communities uniting against environmental destruction
Designated by the World Health Organization, this year the theme of climate change aims to address climate change as a public health issue and the public health threats that arise from "ever growing threats to global public health security".
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Education
- Mon Apr 07 2008
Latin American regional meeting on education in prison
The regional scene of education in prisons, the exchange of experiences between participants, making UN agencies aware and getting them involved, and preparing recommendations for the 6th International Conference on Adult Educaton (CONFINTEA VI), among others, were some of the main goals of the meeting that took place in Brazilia, 27 and 28 March, 2008.
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Human Rights
- Thu Apr 03 2008
Access to international justice for victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations
See the update on negotiations on the draft text provided by NGO Steering Committee on the Optional Protocol (doc).
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Recent Thai compulsory licenses and the aftermath
In the past two weeks, the Thai government has continued to come under pressure from the United States administration and the European Commission for its move to retain the compulsory licenses for anti-cancer drugs that the previous Health Minister had initiated.
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Asia: Report faults gov't complacency on AIDS
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia, with 440,000 people dying each year, and an additional eight million people will become newly infected by 2020, warns the first report by the Commission on AIDS in Asia, "Redefining AIDS in Asia".
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