Books 2022: A pick of of what’s coming up
By Rebecca ThomasArts and entertainment reporter Image source, Getty Images Many of us have felt a more pressing need to find our own corner of heaven over the last two…
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Rights experts hear how ‘racialized gatekeeping’
France should consider the economic and development benefits of partnership with people of African descent, the head of a Working Group appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement on Monday.
Mental Health: from “bad” to “mad”: Medical power and social control
This is a section from the report filed by the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health…
Facebook bans ad aimed to help abused women
A charity has slammed a global media platform for censoring its ad campaign highlighting sexual violence against Christian and other religious-minority women and girls. Original here Aid to the Church…
New EU policy on Disarmament and Reintegration of former combatants
European Union’s new policy to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants (DDR), as part of the EU’s wider contribution to peacebuilding. On December 21st, the High Representative and…
New Food Safety Community of Practice will help share knowledge and improve practice
WHO announces the launch of a new Food Safety Community of Practice (COP). Community of Practice is a new peer-to-peer online forum for global professionals working on and sharing interest in…
Olha Ovdiychuk lob wins Women’s Champions League Goal of the Group Stage
Olha Ovdiychuk’s first-time long-range lob for WFC Kharkiv at Breidablik was voted Goal of the Group Stage. Olha Ovdiychuk’s first-time long-range lob for WFC Kharkiv at Breidablik has been named…
Camilla reveals her favourite childhood book still makes her cry
The Duchess of Cornwall said Black Beauty was her favourite book during her “pony-mad” youth and it still makes her emotional, as she highlighted the importance of reading to children….
EU Court of Justice: nine judges of the General Court appointed
The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed nine judges of the General Court. Mr Lauri Madise and Mr Iko Nõmm (Estonia), Ms Anna Marcoulli and Mr…
End ‘appalling’ Belarus-Poland border crisis, UN rights office urges
Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, describing the on-going situation as “appalling”.