This working paper explores the critical issue of non-State torture, with a focus on women and girls. The paper analyses international, regional, and national legal frameworks, emphasizing a paradigm shift to address the complexities of torture definitions. The comparative overview…
UN DESA Voice June 2018: Interview with UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris, Innovating for the SDGs, Latest urbanization trends. Find out more:
->Â Final push for milestone event to finance development ->Â Final MDG report evaluates most successful anti-poverty movement in history
Peter Haider of UPF-Austria, www.weltfriede.at provides the link below about the Interfaith Harmony Week conference in the UN in Vienna. Attached also the extraordinary lecture on „Youth in Iraq“. WIHW2016Vienna-Report-mb YouthinIraqFatimahAlmukhtar Here is the link to the recording of the 2nd session: …
Scientists, innovators and technologists will meet with representatives from governments, civil society, the private sector and other experts at the first Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum), from 6 to 7 June 2016…
Civil Society and Academia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dear NGO representatives, The Human Rights Council in paragraph 9 of its resolution 29/11 on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights requested the High…
The Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25-27 September 2015 as the Organization celebrates its seventieth anniversary, have decided on new global Sustainable Development Goals. TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD:…
More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the summit…
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted a new global framework for financing sustainable development (FFD3) held on 13-16 July in the Ethiopian capital. The governments agreed on a package of over 100 concrete measures that draw upon all sources of finance, technology,…