UK: UN rights expert to assess housing issues
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...
View ArticleUN rights expert warns of regression on the right to adequate housing in the...
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...
View ArticleNorthern 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...
View ArticleMarie 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. read more
View ArticleIs 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. read more
View ArticleAssistant Secretary Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones Visits Ireland and Northern Ireland...
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. read more
View ArticleNorthern 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...
View ArticleViolence 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...
View ArticleUK/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...
View ArticleSaving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Round 4...
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...
View ArticleHELSINKI COMMISSION HEARING REVIEWS PROGRESS TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY, JUSTICE,...
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...
View ArticleUSDA 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...
View ArticleThe Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015
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View ArticleChildren in 15 out of 26 industrialised countries lack easy access to child...
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...
View ArticleWorrying decline in days out by the sea
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View ArticleNorthern Ireland: “Twenty years on, the UK is yet to fully address the...
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...
View ArticleU.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Expands Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson...
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...
View ArticleWarming 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...
View ArticleUsdaw - 125 years strong: Anniversary bus concludes its UK tour in Northern...
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...
View ArticleArds 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...
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