What Makes a Human Rights Success?

4 Agustus 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

By Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Aug 4 2022 (IPS) The largest ever settlement in Canadian legal history, 40 billion Canadian dollars, occurred in 2022, but it didn’t come from a court – it followed a decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. In 2016 the Tribunal affirmed a complaint that the Government […]

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid threats of Chinese retaliation

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei on Tuesday, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit.

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First DOJ Settlement With Nonbank Lender Exemplifies the DOJ’s Commitment to Its “Combatting Redlining Initiative”

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is following through on promises to take aggressive action against what it describes as “modern-day redlining.”1 Together with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), on 27 July 2022, the DOJ announced the federal government’s first redlining lawsuit and settlement with a nonbank mortgage lender to […]

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K&L Gates Adds Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation Partner in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Guillermo Christensen as a partner in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice. He joins K&L Gates from Ice Miller LLP, where he served as office managing partner in Washington, D.C.   Drawing on his national security background, Christensen counsels […]

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Lebanon: UN experts call for international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion

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Country: Lebanon Source: UN Human Rights Council “This tragedy marked one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in recent memory, yet the world has done nothing to find out why it happened,” the experts said on the second anniversary of the blast.

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Technology Helps Traffickers Hunt Their Victims, Enslave Them, Sell Their Organs

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Venezuelan migrant Manuela Molina (not her real name) was promised a decent job in Trinidad, but minutes after her arrival she was forced into a van and taken to a secret location. Credit: IOM Port of Spain By Baher KamalMADRID, Aug 3 2022 (IPS) Human beings have proved to be […]

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European agriculture is under pressure

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Farmers have blocked major roads and food distribution centers across the Netherlands in protest against a new environmental policy that would reduce livestock numbers by nearly a third. With manure, garbage and fires now lining Dutch highways, the issue has highlighted the delicate balance that Europe is forced to maintain, […]

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Litigation Minute: Avoiding Disputes in Value-Based Arrangements

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Over the past decade, health care payors and providers have come together to revolutionize how health care services are reimbursed. Led by the federal government’s initiatives in Medicare, both public and private payors are increasingly moving away from fee-for-service models […]

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In Southeast Asia, Thailand is alone in boosting its wild tiger population

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Photo: Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos The numbers tell a bleak tale: tigers have lost some 95% of their historical range and now number a mere 4,000 or so in the wild. Encouragingly, however, two countries have made marked progress in stabilizing the populations of wild tigers in protected forest reserves. One of those […]

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Doubts Raised Over Conditions of Mexico’s Mangroves

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Aerial view of San Crisanto and its preserved mangrove, in the state of Yucatan, in southeastern Mexico. In addition to trapping and storing CO2, mangroves control coastal erosion, protect against hurricanes and clean water. However, in Yucatan, as in other similar ecosystems, they face threats from increasing urbanization, mass tourism […]

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