Tag: United Nations
Indonesian anti-terror law change ‘may override human rights’
By Edo Karensa in Jakarta
International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Indonesia's House of Representatives to reject a draft...
TPP out of step with human rights – don’t sign, says...
From United Nations
Special correspondent in Geneva
United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas has called on governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership without...
‘Donated’ Russian weapons may have dual purpose in Fiji, says analyst
From Evening Report
By New Zealand-based security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan
Last week Fiji took delivery of a shipment of Russian weapons that were “donated” by...
COP21: Top media ‘fail to connect’ climate, migration and food security
Report by Pacific Media Watch
PARIS: Top news media are failing to identify climate change as a contributor to some of the world’s biggest crises...
Fiji Report: Suva Declaration pushes losses, damages issue for COP21 in...
Report from Pacific Media Centre
By Kai Ping Lew in Suva
Recognising losses and damages as a separate issue from adaptation in climate change policy is...
