Human Rights

Organizations, collectives, movement leaders, trade unionists, community members, students and intellectuals, artists and cultural workers, and activists will convene in Detroit, MI from May 24-26 for the People’s Conference for Palestine. The conference comes as Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza…

“The students are absolutely right, and may be saving our humanity.” Veterans For Peace applauds the students who are protesting against the US/Israeli genocide in Palestine.  These courageous young students are doing the right thing at the right time. “The…

Although the multinational banana company has already been sanctioned in that country for its links with paramilitary groups in Colombia, this is the first time it has had to answer in court to the families of people murdered by the…

The debate on security confronts conflicting visions of society and the state, which should be expressed in proposals that address them and, above all, take into account the principles that inspire them; the needs of the workers, but also solutions…

Historical context of May Day As the calendar turned to 1st of May 2024, the internationally recognized workers day or May Day, many protests were organized worldwide. Celebrating, and reminding us the struggle of the brave generations before us that…

Yeheli Cialic is the coordinator of Mesarvot, a network of young Israeli conscientious objectors who refuse to join the army in protest of the occupation and the war in Gaza, a choice that means going against everything they have been…

Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. They are demanding that their universities end their…

From April 26 to 28, hundreds of social movement activists will converge on Marseille from all over Europe. Associations, trade unions, NGOs and local collectives want to make the voice of civil society heard for a social, ecological, pacifist, and…

As the movement of people across the Mediterranean has become securitised, Frontex has come to the fore—not to good effect. The shipwreck near Pylos last June, one of the greatest modern tragedies in Greek waters, claimed more than 600 lives. In its wake, criticism…

Hunger continues to grow. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 55 million people are food insecure and 16.7 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished in West and Central Africa. The region shows…