Their role is to act as climate justice advisers and push for the acceleration of bold climate goals based on their diverse expertise and grassroots work, across the different countries they represent. The announcement was made as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gathers in Switzerland to wrap up its crucial Synthesis Report, the…
Gender equality in the judiciary has been historically unbalanced, including at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The first woman to be elected as a member of the ICJ in 1995 was Dame Rosalyn Higgins, who in 2006 also became the first female President of the Court. …
“Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth. But your countries are trapped in vicious cycles that make development difficult, if not impossible,” Mr. Guterres told the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in Doha, Qatar Today’s Summit of Heads of State…
“We must develop fairer, more balanced policies that generate the political buy-in to drive change,” Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in a video message. “What is also needed is a deeper social dialogue with actors across the real economy.” The day’s theme focuses on strengthening global solidarity and re-building trust in government by overcoming barriers…
“We have serious concerns about impunity and the failure to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, deaths in police custody, ‘joint enterprise’ convictions, and the dehumanising nature”, of the so-called ‘stop and search’ policing strategy, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said in a statement at the end of an official…
Islamabad: (PNP News) Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, the learned judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has excused himself from hearing the appeals in the chamber related to the cipher, on which the matter has been sent to the Chief Justice to place the appeals before another judge. . Honorable Judge Justice Sardar Tariq Masood…
Islamabad: (PNP Update) Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faiz Isa has remarked that the government is so incompetent that it cannot appoint an Attorney General. During the hearing of the case related to the tempered vehicle in the Supreme Court, Justice Qazi Faiz Isa expressed his indignation over the non-appointment of the Attorney General and the…
