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Indigenous Australians File Landmark Human Rights Claim With UN Over Government's Inaction on Climate Crisis

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187 Countries Just Took 'Crucial' Step to Stop Rich Nations From Treating Global South as Dumping Ground for Plastic Waste

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Today's decision demonstrates that countries are finally catching up with the urgency and magnitude of the plastic pollution issue."

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Landmark UN Report to Show 'Transformational Change' Urgently Needed to Save Humanity and Natural World From Nightmarish Future

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Anyone who denies that we are in a human-induced extinction crisis is either...

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On #WorldPressFreedomDay, a Reminder: Only 9% of Humanity Lives in Nations That Respect Reporters' Rights

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"This situation is very worrying for journalists and above all for all those...

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'Superbugs' Could Kill 10 Million Annually Without Urgent Action, Warns New Report

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As UN Climate Chief Urges Immediate Action to Save Planet, Extinction Rebellion's New Book Gets Rushed to Press

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Latest 'Wake-Up Call' of Climate Emergency as Historic Cyclone Hits Still Reeling Mozambique

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'Unprecedented': UN Finds US-Backed Forces Killed More Afghan Civilians Than Taliban and ISIS Did So Far in 2019

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'Profound Implications for Justice': Report Shows Extent of Inequality Exacerbated by Climate Crisis

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'Coming Mass Extinction' Caused by Human Destruction Could Wipe Out 1 Million Species, Warns UN Draft Report

'Morally Despicable': Trump Administration Threatens to Veto UN Resolution Combating Rape as Weapon of War

Snubbing UN and Fight Against Racism, Trump Admin Blocks Seat on Key Committee From Being Filled

Answering Rights Groups' Call, UN Human Rights Panel Demands Trump Admin Address Water Justice

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As Rumors Swirl, UN Expert Warns Extraditing Julian Assange to US Would Violate Human Rights Protections

'A Significant Moment': UN Panel Demands to Know What US Is Doing to Protect Human Rights Amid Climate Crisis

Men stand over bodies during a protest in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, Saturday, Mar. 23, 2019.

US Bombing Kills 10 Children in Afghanistan: UN

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Center for International Environmental Law

UN Decides to Control Global Plastic Waste Dumping

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International: Independent UN Investigation Only Path to Accountability for Khashoggi Killing

Food & Water Watch

UN Recognizes Access to Clean, Affordable Water and Climate Justice as Civil Rights Under International Law

Amnesty International - USA

Israel/ OPT: Findings of UN Inquiry Into Gaza Killings Must Pave Way for Justice Over War Crimes

Food & Water Watch

Trump’s Nomination of Kelly Craft for U.N. Ambassador Is a Slap in the Face of Climate Science and Human Rights

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UN: Act to End China’s Mass Detentions in Xinjiang

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Robert Walker

Earth Day Under Trump: Nearly 50 Years Later, an Environment Movement Under Attack

Kate Aronoff

Ways to Save the World

H. Patricia Hynes

The Measure of Our Happiness

Vijay Prashad

The People of Palestine Are on the March

Stephen Zunes

U.S. Recognition of Israel’s Golan Annexation a Threat to World Order

Andy Rowell

Climate Crisis: Now Will the Older Generation Step Up?

Vijay Prashad

The Rightful Owners of a Key Island Military Base for the U.S. Would Like It Back, and the UN Agrees

Jonathan Cook

The UN Fails to Name and Shame Firms Aiding Israel’s Illegal Settlements

Helena Cobban

The Curious Case of US Domination of Palestine-Israel Peacemaking

Lawrence Wittner

Should the U.S. Government Abide by the International Law It Has Created and Claims to Uphold?

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