-Press release by Every Woman Treaty dated September 30, 2022 Every Woman, a coalition of more than 1,700 women's rights advocates in 128 countries, including India, has developed the findings-based draft instrument (Zero Draft EWT), informed by extensive consultation with experts from all regions of the world, including survivors, frontline activists, medical specialists, practitioners, scholars, human rights attorneys, and policy-makers. This Draft of global binding norm focuses on violence prevention and...
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No Transparency, Accountability or Public Participation when ISA Approves Exploratory Deep-Sea Mining
-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) dated September 21, 2022 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) declares that the area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (comprising the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil, excluding the water above) (the “Area”) and its resources, are the Common Heritage of Humankind. All rights in the resources of the Area are vested in humankind as a whole. UNCLOS provides...
More »Protest against eviction drives in Delhi-NCR and other cities
-Press release by Freedom from Bondage movement dated 6 September, 2022 New Delhi: As we mark #75thIndependenceDay & #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, thousands of people who have been evicted from their homes in slums, Jhuggies, settlement colonies and informal sector workers who have been denied their livelihood without any rehabilitation have gathered at Jantar Mantar to raise their voice against the “Bulldozer Raj”. The government is forcibly snatching the land of poor Dalits and...
More »Merchandise exports remain flat at $33 billion in August -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu On conservating estimate, exports will cross $750 billion amid global headwinds, said Commerce Secretary India’s merchandise exports contracted 1.15% in August to $33 billion, while inelastic imports of petroleum and coal remained firm, lifting imports above the $60 billion mark for the sixth successive month. The country’s goods trade deficit moderated slightly from the record $30 billion in July, but remained the second highest on record at $28.68 billion, more than...
More »At India’s Climate, Finance and Policy Intersection, Big Infra Remains King -Amitanshu Verma
-TheWire.in * As of last year, financial institutions from India were the third-largest investors out of six countries financing 80% of the world’s coal investments. * A 2021 report found that ICICI, the State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Trust Group and HDFC were among the fourth-biggest group of financiers of coal-based projects worldwide. * Indian commercial banks’ large-scale investment in Big Infra has exposed the Indian people’s savings and personal investments to...
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