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On a regular basis the ODVV reviews and monitors the programmes and adoptions of the Human Rights Council and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The...

The ODVV regularly reviews the Human Rights Council and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights programmes and adoptions. The following content is...

Unilateral sanctions imposed by the US upon various countries are a blatant violation of human rights. We know from the experiences of so many countries that...

A lot of people don’t realize the foundational role that children’s rights played in advancing civilization over this past century. The fact that the 1989...

To be sure, the G20 countries are primarily responsible for the climate change emergency. And they also have relatively more resources available to address...

There are a number of different issues that overlap on the Rohingya crisis. The international community has been slow in responding. Although there was...

Even the largest fossil fuel companies, as well as the corporate world, are now pushing for change because decarbonization is good for business and the...

"I can say the recent materials clearly show that even the nationals and companies of countries which impose unilateral sanctions also become affected...

"When I talk to some of the non-governmental organizations involved in delivery of humanitarian aid, they are already complaining that the impact of...

Governments must prioritize children. Too often, governments speak of caring for children, but their budgets and policy priorities do not reflect that.

International law is not being neglected in relation to Israeli crimes against humanity and war crimes in Palestine, it is being ignored, by Israel of course...

Racism and injustice express themselves in many ways, and one of those ways is certainly environmental. Part of the solution to this problem lies in the...

The affluent countries should work on making the rules of the world economy fairer for the poorer countries: on removing trade barriers to their exports, on...

The most devastating thing that is happening is the absence of educational opportunities for youth. We are witnessing the growth of a lost generation. As for...

Two factors make the integration situation in France particularly fraught. First, the French model is essentially one of assimilation. An individual...

Some governments resist the transition to a clean economy either because the costs of switching to renewable sources of energy are prohibitively high –...

The media takes much of the responsibility for this, and while I cannot speak for Europe as a whole, in the UK much of the media is very right-wing and...

Nowruz starts on the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It promotes values of peace and solidarity...

The failure of governments to properly control pollution, and the failure of businesses to respect the environment, has resulted in a looming catastrophe for...

My colleagues who work in the area of race and economics have argued that Canada has a racialized hierarchical structure in the labor force. This is not new....