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Analysis: People and the Planet Together: Why Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are at the Heart of Climate Action
August 9 is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, marking formal recognition of their fundamental human rights at the UN General Assembly nearly 40 years ago.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Why Hydropower’s Human Rights Problem May Be Insurmountable
Long delays and countless human rights abuses make it hard to see hydropower playing a major role in net zero.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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Companies Brace for Impact of New Forced Labor Law
Billions of dollars could be at stake as a law banning imports of some products from China goes into effect.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Africa: COVID-19 Aid Falling Short
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: When Corporations and Social Enterprises Work Together, They Can Change the World
With the world reeling from the effects of COVID-19, climate change, and social inequality, and the risks of a global supply chain crisis mounting, business is feeling the pressure to set new commitments for operating in ways that respect human rights.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: COVID-19 Caused a Global Setback in Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights, Especially for Women
The exceptional measures governments and health authorities used during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdowns, quarantine or reorganizing health services, directly affected the full realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- coronavirus, healthcare, human rights, pandemics, Women
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Analysis: Why India Should Make Access to Healthcare a Fundamental Right
The exceptionalism of the Covid-19 crisis cannot be used to hide the shortcoming of the historically neglected public healthcare system in India.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Humanitarian Crises Monitoring: Coronavirus in Developing Countries: Secondary Impacts
Developing countries face disastrous healthcare setbacks, hunger and huge international debt as covid-19’s ‘final wave.’
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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