Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

The Climate Ledger Comes Due

The question floating over the conference, uncomfortable but unavoidable, is whether the world’s wealthier governments can treat climate finance not as charity but as a…

16 November, 2025

The World’s Climate Crossroads: COP30 in Brazil

Already, billions are living on the front lines of climate disruption. Droughts, floods, and searing heat have deepened food insecurity, displaced communities, and strained health…

10 November, 2025

Typhoon Hits the Philippines

The weather service predicted it would strike Leyte Island, around 500km south-east of the capital Manila, bringing 120-kilometre per hour winds and gusts of up…

5 November, 2025

UN Committee Links Human Rights to Environmental Protection

The Committee warns that climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution are already undermining rights to food, health, housing, education, and cultural life, disproportionately affecting the…

30 September, 2025

Pakistan’s Monsoon Floods Worsen as Millions Face Displacement and Death

As Pakistan braces for continued heavy rains in the coming weeks, the unfolding disaster underscores the urgent need for long-term investment in flood management, climate…

7 September, 2025

Swiss court hears landmark climate case against cement giant

Holcim, which relocated its headquarters from Zurich to Zug before its 2015 merger with France’s Lafarge, has said it is committed to sustainability and disputes…

3 September, 2025

Monsoon Devastation in Pakistan’s North-West

The death toll has climbed to 344, with the bulk of fatalities concentrated in the rugged province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan. Authorities expect…

18 August, 2025

Deluge and Despair in Pakistan

Since late June, the country’s seasonal deluge has killed at least 507 people, as monsoon systems grow more unpredictable and intense. The rain shows little…

17 August, 2025

The International Court of Justice sharpens the legal edge of climate accountability

As nations prepare for COP30 in Brazil, and update their climate pledges, the Court’s opinion may well become a legal and moral lodestar—both for victims…

24 July, 2025