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How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions |
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By :Bloomberg |
| 03 May 2023 |
How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions
Amazon made Jeff Bezos very rich. In 2020, he decided to pledge a portion of that wealth — $10 billion — to launch the Bezos Earth Fund. It is the largest commitment to climate philanthropy ever made and, by most measures, a vast
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World Habitat Day 2022 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 03 October 2022 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2022, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) joins Members, allies and development actors to reflect on its journey of more than 45 years since the first Habitat Conference (1976) and common Habitat Agendas. Global activism has been indispensable in developing global consensus and commitments to
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EACJ Dismisses Maasai Mass-eviction Case |
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By :Laurel Sutherland. Mongabay |
| 01 October 2022 |
Maasai villages lose important court case as wildlife game reserve trudges on
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a five-year legal battle between Maasai communities and the state over evictions that took place in 2017.
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ)
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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 01 September 2022 |
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Rest in Peace and Power, Khadija Catherine Razavi |
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By :CENESTA |
| 16 April 2022 |
With a broken heart and extreme sadness, we have to inform you all that our beloved Chair of the Board, Khadija Catherine Razavi, passed away on Saturday, 16 April 2022.
Catherine was an outspoken, strong, and unwavering voice for the non-human environment and an essential advocate for the continuous existence
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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Copping-out at CoP26 |
| 14 November 2021 |
The 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) ended in grave disappointment at the state delegations who weakened the needed commitments to save the planet from multiple climate disasters. This CoP, the supreme governing body of international agreements on climate change action, finally took place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 31 October–13 November
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Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 18 October 2021 |
HLRN has produced a new publication on the occasion of World Human Rights Habitat Day 2021 and the ensuing month of related activities. The study Conflict, Occupation and War disaggregates data from the HLRN Violation Database to focus on the gross violations of the human rights to adequate housing and
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Al-Haq International Law Online Summer School |
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By :Al-Haq |
| 21 April 2021 |
Al-Haq International Law Online Summer School Program
31 May–12 June 2021
Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law is pleased to announce its Seventh International Law Summer School for professionals, legal researchers, post-graduates and academics in the fields of international law and human rights. The 2021 program will run entirely online through
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Why Reject Land Privatization |
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By :Oakland Institute |
| 25 February 2021 |
This Is Our Land: Why Reject the Privatization of Customary Land
Today, the Oakland Institute releases This Is Our Land: Why Reject the Privatization of Customary Land, an educational resource that debunks myths used for privatizing land around the world, while providing facts on how customary tenure systems are critical to
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