GENEVA / LONDON (26 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit the United Kingdom from 29 August to 11 September 2013 to assess policies and programmes put in place to address issues of social housing, affordability, discrimination and other questions related to the right to adequate housing.
UK: UN rights expert to assess housing issues
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UN rights expert warns of regression on the right to adequate housing in the United Kingdom
LONDON / GENEVA (11 September 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on housing, Raquel Rolnik, today expressed serious concern about a deterioration in the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing in the United Kingdom. She warned against the combined impact of various official measures, recent and past, that “have eroded and continue to erode one of the world’s finest systems of affordable housing.” “The UK has had a long history of providing affordable and good quality housing, and it should take pride in having placed this human right at the centre of its policy priorities,” Ms. Rolnik noted at the end of the first visit to the country by an independent expert designated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor and promote the realization of the right to adequate housing and the right to non-discrimination in this context worldwide.
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Northern Ireland: New report slams failure to deal with the past
There’s a cruel irony in the fact that Northern Ireland is held up as a success story when many victims' families actually consider their treatment a failure.”Victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland are being ‘disgracefully let down’ by a flawed and fragmented approach to dealing with the past, Amnesty International said today (Thursday 12 September) as it published a new report.Northern Ireland: Time to Deal with the Past blames the failure to deliver truth and justice on a lack of political will from both the UK government and Northern Ireland’s political parties. Fifteen years on from the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, and one week ahead of the start of major new talks, the 78-page report finds that victims and their families have been failed by successive attempts to investigate abuses. A failure to deliver a comprehensive approach to dealing with the past has contributed to the societal division that is still rife in Northern Ireland, Amnesty found.The report, launched today in Belfast, is published ahead of the start of all-party talks chaired by the former US envoy to Northern Ireland, Richard Haass, which are aimed at dealing with the past, and addressing other contentious issues such as parading and flags.Amnesty International Director for Europe and Central Asia John Dalhuisen said:“Victims and relatives have been disgracefully let down by inadequate attempts to get to the truth about what happened in Northern Ireland.“There’s a cruel irony in the fact that Northern Ireland is held up as a success story when many victims' families actually consider their treatment a failure.
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Marie Stopes Northern Ireland marks milestone in sexual and reproductive health
Today, we are marking a milestone in sexual and reproductive health with the first anniversary of our Belfast clinic.
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Is this a tipping point in the abortion debate in Northern Ireland?
Genevieve Edwards writes from Belfast, on the anniversary of the opening of our groundbreaking sexual and reproductive health clinic.
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Assistant Secretary Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones Visits Ireland and Northern Ireland To Foster Science and Technology Cooperation
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones will travel to Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, U.K. November 13-16, 2013.
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Northern Ireland: A blanket amnesty would be an utter betrayal of victims
The Northern Ireland Attorney General’s call for an end to prosecutions for killings during three decades of political violence in Northern Ireland is an utter betrayal of victims’ fundamental rights to justice, Amnesty International said today.Attorney General John Larkin said there should be no inquests, inquiries and prosecutions into any killings that took place before the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement in 1998.John Dalhuisen, Director of Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Programme, said:“The Attorney General’s call today would in effect be the granting of a blanket amnesty for human rights abuses and violations committed by all sides during the three decades of political violence in Northern Ireland. It would be an utter betrayal of victims’ fundamental right to justice.“Such a move would fly in the face of international human rights standards and perpetuate impunity.“While fully recognising the challenges in bringing prosecutions after many years have passed, it is nonetheless vital that where sufficient evidence exists those suspected of committing killings, life-threatening attacks, torture and ill-treatment should be brought before the courts.
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Violence against women: UN expert launches first mission to the United Kingdom
GENEVA (28 March 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo will visit the United Kingdom from 31 March to 15 April 2014 to study the main manifestations of violence perpetrated in the family and in the community, such as domestic and sexual violence, sexual bullying and harassment, forced and early marriages, and female genital mutilation.
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UK/Ireland: Landmark 'hooded men' torture case should be re-opened
Allegations that the UK government sanctioned the use of torture and ill-treatment in Northern Ireland in the 1970s should be re-examined by the European Court of Human Rights and subject to a new independent investigation, Amnesty International said today.
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Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Round 4 Award Nominees for Disruptive Solutions to Prevent Maternal & Infant Deaths
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development partners today announced 30 Round 4 award nominees at the closing forum of the annual DevelopmentXChange where the innovators showcased innovative ideas to save the lives of mothers and newborns in developing countries, and competed for funding to realize and scale their vision.
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HELSINKI COMMISSION HEARING REVIEWS PROGRESS TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
WASHINGTON—At its March 18 hearing on “Northern Ireland: Stormont, Collusion, and the Finucane Inquiry,” the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, reviewed ongoing efforts for accountability, justice, and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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USDA Awards $31 Million in Grants to Help SNAP Participants Afford Healthy Foods
ORLANDO, Fla., April 1, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has awarded $31.5 million in funding to local, state, and national organizations to support programs that help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increase their purchase of fruits and vegetables. Recognizing that all Americans fall well short of the servings of fruits and vegetables recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the grants will test incentive strategies to help SNAP participants better afford fruits and vegetables. These grants were made through the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
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The Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015
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Children in 15 out of 26 industrialised countries lack easy access to child rights education
GENEVA, 30 April 2015 – Education curricula in 15 industrialised countries fail to meet children’s entitlements to learn about their rights, a new UNICEF report shows. The report, Teaching and learning about child rights: A study of implementation in 26 countries, also finds that none of the countries studied ensure that all teachers are trained in child rights and are familiar with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Worrying decline in days out by the sea
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Northern Ireland: “Twenty years on, the UK is yet to fully address the legacies of the past” – UN rights expert
The human rights expert’s comments come at the end of his ten-day official visit* to the United Kingdom (9-18 November) to assess the initiatives undertaken to deal with the legacies of the violations and abuses that took place during the period known as ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland.
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U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Expands Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson Washington, DC
On November 17, the U.S.-Ireland Research and Development (R&D) Partnership launched a new area of cooperation in agricultural research. In a meeting outside Dublin, the partnership also celebrated two new projects connecting research centers in the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.
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Warming world may put most cities off limits for summer Olympics
Health and safety of Olympians has been an ongoing story over the last two Summer Olympic games. In 2012, air quality raised concerns in Beijing, while 2016 has been dogged with questions about polluted water and the Zika virus. Now, a new commentary co-written by UC Berkeley professors Kirk Smith and John Balmes, and others, says the future of the summer Olympics may be in jeopardy for another reason: heat.
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Usdaw - 125 years strong: Anniversary bus concludes its UK tour in Northern Ireland #UsdawOnTour
The shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is celebrating 125 years of improving working lives and winning for members. Part of the celebrations is a nationwide bus tour that will conclude with a four day visit to Northern Ireland starting tomorrow (13-16 August).
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Ards Growers Win 2016 Spring Barley Competition
The Ulster Farmers’ Union along with the sponsors Clarendon Agri Care and Bayer Crop Science, sponsors of the UFU Spring Barley Cereal Competition, have again paid recognition to the first class growers here in Northern Ireland.
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