INTRODUCCIÓN Cada día casi mil millones de personas padecen hambre en el mundo. Esta cantidad es significativamente más elevada que antes de la crisis en el precio de los alimentos que tuvo lugar en...
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The Human Right to Food in Bolivia: Report of an International Fact-Finding Mission
INTRODUCTION Almost a billion people around the world experience hunger every day. This is more than before the food price crisis of 2008 and significantly higher than when hunger-reduction targets...
Le forum de Goma lance un appel urgent à réévaluer les efforts pour mettre fin aux violences sexuelles en République démocratique du Congo
Goma et Londres, le 18 décembre 2009 - Dans une déclaration émise hier, des organismes de la société civile qui travaillent avec les victimes de violences sexuelles en République démocratique du...
Le droit à l'alimentation bafoué en Haïti : Résultats préliminaires d'une mission d'observation
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Mai 31, 2008- Une mission d'observation sur le droit à l'alimentation constate que la faim et la malnutrition sont endémiques en Haïti, tant dans les zones rurales que dans...
Human right to food denied in Haiti: Preliminary findings of the fact-finding mission
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - May 31, 2008 An international fact-finding mission on the human right to food said today that hunger and malnutrition are pervasive in Haiti, in both rural areas and urban...
The human right to food: International mission to Haiti, May 26-30, 2008
MONTREAL - An international fact-finding mission organized by Rights & Democracy in collaboration with Le Groupe de Recherche et d'Appui en Milieu Rural (GRAMIR), arrives in Haiti next week. The...
Congolese women's campaign against sexual violence in the DRC gets underway
Rights & Democracy and the Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations are proud to support the Congolese Women's Campaign Against Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the...
The human right to food in Nepal
(Extract) Nepal is a small landlocked country situated between Tibet to the north and India on the other three sides. It lies on the southern slopes of the Himalayas and has a population of...
Haiti : Violence and impunity continue to plague Haiti's capital
MONTREAL, Dec. 14, 2006 - Rights & Democracy strongly condemns yesterday's kidnapping of school children by illegal armed groups in Port-au-Prince and the escalation in gang violence in Haiti's...
Working together for rights in Afghanistan: Canadian and Afghan civil society
MONTREAL - Sept. 22, 2006 - Rights & Democracy welcomes the opportunity to discuss the role of Canadian civil society organizations in Afghanistan's reconstruction with senior members of...
Rights and Democracy launches new project in Haiti
MONTREAL- Oct. 13, 2005 - Rights & Democracy was in Haiti this week to launch a project designed to foster greater civil society participation in the Haiti 's national political process. The $415,000...
Elections in Togo: 16 million FCFA to support civil society
Montreal, April 7, 2005 - Rights & Democracy is awarding more than 16 million FCFA ($40,000) to support the efforts of the Concertation nationale de la société civile togolaise to deploy thousands of...
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Restricted access: The media and human rights violations in Sudan and Zimbabwe
On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, Rights & Democracy welcomed journalists Alison Armstrong and Levon Sevunts to talk about their experiences in Zimbabwe and Sudan respectively. They discussed the role of...
Canadian coalition demands demilitarization of aid in Aceh
An ad hoc coalition of major Canadian civil society and aid organizations is demanding that the Indonesian government immediately cease all non-aid related military operations in Aceh in the...
Constitution Building and Federal Options in Iraq: The Kurdish Challenge
Seminar Report With Professors Brendan O'Leary and John McGarry Introduction The institutional rebuilding of Iraq hinges upon the successful negotiation of a workable constitution that is acceptable...