Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
This paper analyzes the role of global trade and financial institutions in undermining human rights, and identifies strategies for global organizing in support of a new system.
The global food crisis is an opportunity for the international community to provide greater support for agriculture in countries that are struggling with hunger.
UNCTAD XII Civil society forum at the British Council Auditorium, GHANA will look at the impacts of biofuels on small and medium producers, consumers, and on the perspectives for sustainable development.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sought input from stakeholders in conducting the detailed study on the scope and content of the relevant human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation under international human rights instruments. The purpose of the submission is three-fold:
