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NGO Accuses Facebook of Rights Violations in Myanmar
January 10, 2019
A pressure group called Burma Campaign UK has listed Facebook among 49 companies it accuses of involvement in human rights violations and environmental degradation in Myanmar, citing the use of the tech giant’s social-media platform to “incite hatred and violence” against minorities in the country.
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UN, Sports Groups Launch Climate Action Framework
January 10, 2019
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the International Olympic Committee, and other sports organizations have launched a Sports for Climate Action Framework aiming to reduce sports-related greenhouse gas emissions and use sporting events to promote the goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord and “sustainable development” agenda.
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Businesses, NGOs Launch Fashion Climate Charter
January 10, 2019
A group of businesses and nongovernmental organizations have launched a Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a set of 16 principles and targets to be monitored and defined by 6 working groups seeking to “address the climate impact of the fashion sector across its entire value chain” in line with the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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UN Agency Advocates for “Environmentally Displaced People”
January 09, 2019
The UN Environment Programme's interview of a “climate justice” campaigner highlights the UN agency’s promotion of a new category of “involuntary” migrants, called “environmentally displaced people,” who would gain a right to claim legal protection abroad as they flee the impacts of climate change.
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NGO Report Finds Push by UN Treaty Bodies for Abortion Access
January 09, 2019
Dr. Rebecca Oas of the Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam) has published a study of UN treaty monitoring bodies indicating that they are increasingly pressuring governments, in their periodic reviews of countries’ human rights records, to recognize a right to abortion access as a treaty obligation.
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