Indigenous Peoples represent around six per cent of the world’s population, and their knowledge and traditions are believed to help solve many of today’s challenges in the areas of climate action and biodiversity. The focus of the International Day this year is on the approximately 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples currently living in voluntary isolation in remote forests, and initial contact with them. These communities live detached from the rest of the world, surviving by hunting and gathering, fully depending on their ecological environment. ‘Their survival is our survival’ “Their stewardship signifies an outsized contribution to our global community”, UN…
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“Civilians pay the highest price in this war,” Denise Brown said in statement. “We must not allow this to be normalized. International humanitarian law must be respected, and civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected at all times.” According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), increasing attacks in the Donetsk and Sumy regions over the past two days killed and injured many civilians and damaged infrastructure. The attacks also heightened the needs of about 60,000 people in vulnerable communities, and mass casualties have affected people in the towns of Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk and Toretsk. OCHA said…
Published: Sat 10 Aug 2024, 4:39 PM Last updated: Sat 10 Aug 2024, 5:29 PM Ireland have a chance of winning another medal in the Paris Olympics when they compete in the Women’s 4×400 metres final. Ireland finished third in their semi-final on Friday, behind Jamacia and Netherlands to earn an automatic qualifying spot in their first ever Olympic final. Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley completed the race in a time of 3:25.05 , who will be boosted by the return of Rhasidat Adeleke. Adeleke confirmed after finishing fourth in the 400m final she will be…
In remarks to commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, Denise Brown also noted that boys and girls in frontline regions have had to spend the equivalent of seven months underground in bomb shelters because of relentless attacks. “I will not stop repeating that the entire international community must never accept as normal what is happening in Ukraine. Children should not grow up in the middle of a war,” she said. “War is not normal, and we must not get used to it.” Youthful dreams deferred Ms. Brown said she has met many lovely, joyful and smiling…
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom, and the European Union. Four years on from the fraudulent 2020 presidential election and the appalling human rights crackdown in Belarus, the United States of America, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom stand in solidarity with the people of Belarus who, in spite of continued repression by the Lukashenka regime, have peacefully and courageously pressed for democratic change, respect for human rights, and the release of all political prisoners. We affirm that the sanctions we have recently announced represent…
Employers: Dada Guru Hospitality Inc. operating as Quality Inn, Jackson, Michigan Prakash Patel Pratyush Patel Actions: U.S. Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act consent judgment Courts: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganCourt Action: The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $11,969.50 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for a total of $23,939 for two front desk employees. An investigation by the Wage and Hour Division found Dada Guru Hospitality Inc. and its owner/operators Prakash Patel and Pratyush Patel paid two front desk workers a flat monthly rate ‒ regardless of the number…
Kinshasa – With record levels of internal displacement, acute food insecurity, and gender-based violence, urgent and concerted action is needed to stem the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warned Amy Pope, director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at the end of a three-day visit to the country. “In eastern DRC, I met with people who have been affected by conflict their whole lives – displaced multiple times, living in the most challenging conditions in makeshift camps. The situation facing women and girls – who are bearing the brunt of this conflict…
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Edmond contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor regulations.In February 2024, investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration learned a 61-year-old pipe layer employed by Jerlow Construction Co. suffered fatal injuries when a 9-foot deep trench collapsed at a residential work site near Shawnee. The agency determined the employer allowed their employees to work in an excavation without proper protections, including shielding, benching, sloping or other devices. The incident occurred as employees worked…
Employers: Old Woodward Ventures LLC, operating as Luxe Bar & Grill Kara Bongiovanni Grand Lux Café, Troy, Michigan Court Action: Consent judgment and orderCourt: U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, Southern DivisionInvestigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $45,428 ‒ representing $22,714 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages ‒…
On a seemingly typical day in Semarang, Indonesia, a few train passengers have started to feel nauseous. Others nearby are saying they cannot breathe. Five have fainted. One is not responding. A few minutes in, a miniature car wheezes by them, followed by a group of people dressed in full astronaut-like orange suits. They’re looking for bombs. This is what a fictional chemical terrorist attack simulation exercise looks like. “The threat of chemical terrorism is real,” said Niki Esse de Lang, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC’s regional counter-terrorism coordinator for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. “To counter…