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Politicization of Human Rights Undermines Legitimate Aspirations
August 26, 2019
John Tasioulas explains how, by presenting political demands as human rights, activists risk blurring the line between genuine rights and laudable aspirations.
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Business Green Details Lack of Progress on SDG 10 on Equality
August 26, 2019
A recent article in Business Green magazine opines that the lack of progress on SDG 10 to reduce inequality within or among countries "undermines the wider sustainable development agenda and hampers efforts to tackle the climate crisis."
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UN Special Rapporteur Monitors Vancouver Homeless Relocation
August 22, 2019
Leilani Farha, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, has informed Vancouver, Canada officials that she is closely monitoring potential human rights law violations associated with city attempts to relocate 200 people who, for one year, have been living in tents at Oppenheimer Park.
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Samsung and UNDP Partner to Promote SDGs
August 22, 2019
To help the UN Development Programme promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. is offering the new ‘Samsung Global Goals’ app, which "will give consumers easy and effective ways to learn more about each of the 17 Global Goals and take part in small actions to help support the issues that matter most to them."
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Human Rights Watch Seeks Human Rights Protection for Children at U.S. Border
August 21, 2019
Lamenting the conditions children entering the U.S. face as a result of an overburdened immigration system, Human Rights Watch looks to the UN human rights treaty system as a source of potential remedy.
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