Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

PNP DeskFebruary 9, 2023September 10, 202404 mins

Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017. Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and human…

Top UN body asks what more can be done to stop genocide, atrocity crimes

PNP DeskJanuary 24, 2023September 9, 202406 mins

The UN fears risk of these atrocities is heightened given current global crises that include conflict, soaring food and energy costs, and deepening inequalities and tensions, all exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. In her opening remarks, ECOSOC President Lachezara Stoeva highlighted how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, together with global commitment…