By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (IPS) – On November 27, Israel, Lebanon, and a host of mediating states agreed upon a ceasefire agreement that would establish a permanent cessation of warfare between the two parties. As of December 3, there have been no reported instances of Hezbollah directing attacks toward Israel that resulted […]
By Global Issues KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec 04 (IPS) – Courage and not compromise. That was the motto desperately launched by members of the civil society in the twilight of the negotiations of the Plastic Pollution Treaty in Busan, South Korea last week. Read the full story, “Courage, not Compromise? A Rallying Cry that Failed at […]
By Global Issues Dec 04 (IPS) – CIVICUS discusses threats to the security, rights and ancestral lands of Brazil’s quilombola communities with Wellington Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, leader and activist of the Pitanga dos Palmares Quilombola community in Bahia state. Read the full story, “Quilombola Communities Live in Fear Because the Laws That Are […]