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INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
Human rights, environmental law, sustainability, rule of law.

Climate protection is now a human right.

  • Historic legal ruling linking climate change to human rights could be a game changer in climate-related litigation. 

  • The court found a violation of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights - the right to private and family life.

Updated 26 April, 2024 | Published 24 April, 2024 at 9:03 am GMT

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PEACE AND SECURITY | INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Human Trafficking, Discrimination, Attacks on Albinos.

Shadows of Superstition: The Plight of Albinos in Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.

  • Albino children and adults living in Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique face the constant threat of attack, and social exclusion due to prejudices and superstitious beliefs linked to witchcraft, regarding the colour of their skin.

  • Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world.

Updated 12 April, 2024 | Published 11 April, 2024 at 8:06 am GMT

PEACE AND SECURITY | INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Conventional Weapons, Civil Wars, Human Rights Violations.

The Arms Trade Treaty. Promoting Responsibility in Global Transfer of Conventional Weapons.

  • The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) entered into force in December 2014. It is the first legally-binding instrument ever negotiated in the United Nations to establish common standards for the international transfer of conventional weapons

  • The risk of human rights violations in a recipient country was one of the reasons for many supplier countries to follow a restrictive arms transfer policy in regards to small arms, light weapons, battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers.

Updated 6th March, 2024 | Published 3rd March, 2024 at 12:35 pm GMT