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Affording Nairobi street children the rights they deserve
Glue sniffing is common among street children. Estimates of the number of street children in Kenya range from 30,000 to 250,000. Photo: Undugu Society When people walk through the city streets of...
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Peace in Colombia, and the importance of victims’ participation in the process
In 2002, the town of Bojayá was the scene of one of the most brutal massacres in five decades of conflict between the government of Colombia and the FARC rebel group. Government forces failed to...
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Children adopted abroad, and the problems they may face
Taj Rowland is a business owner and father of two in Utah. Upon meeting him, one might be convinced he is a born and bred American. Yet his past is far more complex than meets the eye. “I remember...
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La Côte d’Ivoire, un pays «gay-friendly» ?
Sa renommée de terre d’asile pour les minorités sexuelles est à nuancer. Retour sur un mythe qui persiste. M. Njaboué, conseiller psychosocial au sein d’Alternative Côte d’Ivoire Parmi les pays...
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La Paz en Colombia y la importancia de la participación de víctimas en el...
En el 2002, el pueblo de Bojayá fue el escenario de una de las más brutales masacres ejecutadas el conflicto armado de más de cinco décadas entre el gobierno colombiano y las FARC-EP. Las fuerzas del...
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Qui protège les droits des travailleurs dans les plantations de thé d’Assam ?
Imaginez que vous déteniez un emploi qui soit la seule source de revenu de votre famille. Pour 2,10$ par jour, vous devez cueillir des dizaines de kilos de feuilles de thé pour une grande compagnie de...
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The responsibility under law of private companies and the use of force – the...
On the evening of April 27, 2013, security guards shot protesters outside a silver mine in Guatemala, wounding several. The head of security at the time, Alberto Rotondo, faces criminal charges in...
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Bolivia’s massive supply of lithium, and the implications for local people
Natural scenery of the Salar de Uyuni, one of Earth’s only geological formations you can see with a naked eye from space. If industrialized, this Salar will be transformed into acres of hundreds of...
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How climate change leads to social justice problems – the example of Kenya
In early May, 2018, a dam burst in Kenya causing floods that killed at least thirty-two people and sent forty-one to hospital. This disaster was not the first of the long rainy season this year, as...
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Five years after disaster – worker health and safety in the Bangladesh...
On the 24th of April, 2013, millions of people watched their televisions in horror and despair at news updates of the rising toll of the dead and missing in Savaar, Bangladesh, where Rana Plaza, a...
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La ruée vers l’ « or de sang »
Les conséquences dévastatrices des mines d’or illégales en Amérique latine Face à l’augmentation toujours plus rapide de la demande et des prix de l’or dans le monde depuis la crise globale de 2008 et...
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Documentary filmmaker fights female genital mutilation in Tanzania
A discussion with Giselle Portenier, director of the touching documentary In The Name Of Your Daughter In Tanzania, “cutting season” is the six weeks starting in December when girls are often forced...
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La problématique du travail des enfants dans les plantations de cacao :...
Part.1 : Etat des lieux du « child labour » en Côte d’Ivoire La Côte d’Ivoire est un pays dont l’économie repose principalement sur ses plantations de cacao qui représentent 40% de la production...
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Murders of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
Illegal armed groups and foreign companies are responsible for the assassinations of human rights defenders in Colombia to fuel their own profit, says Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, a Colombian human...
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The Destructive Impacts of the Fast Fashion Industry
Our current fashion mass-producing system is driving poverty, pollution and ultimately climate change says LaRhea Pepper, Managing Director of the Texas based NGO Textile Exchange. Video – Three...
View ArticleIntersectionality, and thinking differently about identity, equality and...
Using an intersectional approach to discrimination demands that we think differently about identity, equality and power in ways that make spaces more open and welcoming so that everyone can enjoy them...
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US sanctions on Iran put citizens’ health at risk
Twelve thousand patients with bleeding disorders will be put at risk when the country’s medicine runs out due to sanctions, says Ahmad Ghavideh, the head of Iran’s Haemophilia Society. Deliveries of...
View ArticleResponsibility outsourced: compliance with social audits
Can social audits ensure corporate social responsibility and respect for human rights? The Karachi factory fire in 2012 caused the deaths of 258 people. Workers struggled to escape the factory but exit...
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Jewellery – can it be ethical and empower those at the source?
Photo courtesy Fair Trade Mining Co. The Ashanti region of Ghana is one of many areas where tragedies in small-scale gold mines occur, such as the story of Thomas, a smart teenager looking to a...
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The potential and limits of a first international binding treaty on...
Perspectives on the UN’s Zero Draft Treaty by: • Surya Deva, professor at the School of Law of Hong Kong and current chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, • Carlos Lopez, senior...
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