UN rights chief urges integration of rights safeguards in development plans
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday wrote an open letter to all UN member states urging them to consider the protection of human rights in their negotiations during...
Former Guatemala soldier sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for role in 1982 massacre
A three-judge panel in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former military official to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a 1982 massacre in which 201 people were killed. The judges sentenced Pedro Pimentel Rios, a former special...
UN SG calls on leaders to answer demands for development rights
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged global leaders to answer calls for the right to development . Ban's comments mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development , which...
Ninth Circuit allows Papua New Guineans to sue mining company for genocide
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit by Papua New Guinea citizens against mining company Rio Tinto on claims of genocide and war crimes....
Belo Monte Dam Violates Constitutional Environmental Obligations
Social networks are undoubtedly the modern disseminators of relevant news, and in large part, of controversial debates. This past week, a photo of Chief Raoni Metuktire was spread around Facebook. Raoni was shown crying in reaction to President Dilma Rousseff’s authorization of the construction of the Belo Monte dam. Along with the photo came a [...]
