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Global Social Justice - Agenda
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Created: 16 January 2011. Montreal, Canada: World Social Forum. Conference on equality, ten years after WDR Report on equity. World Bank, Washington. Global Social Justice 2016.
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Global Social Justice - Fundamentals
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Created: 12 October 2010. This page contains links to some fundamental official documents. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Was adopted on December 10, 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Was adopted on December 16, 1966 by the General Assembly. Of the United Nations. The Constitution of the ILO. International Labour Organisation) was adopted in 1919. The Declaration of Philadelphia. The UN Millennium Declaration.
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Global Social Justice - Articles
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Chevron in Ecuador. A question of power. Created: 25 August 2016. Chevron (Texaco), one of the most powerful transnational corporations in the world, is complaining that it has been a victim of unjust treatment, denial of justice and other ill treatment, on the part of Ecuador, a small Andean country. Read more: Chevron in Ecuador. A question of power. The political harakiri of the World Social Forum. Created: 25 August 2016. Report on the WSF2016 in Montreal and on its International Council meeting.
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Global Social Justice - The Real Enemy
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Created: 22 July 2015. Ashamed of being European’, I wrote one month ago. And after the devastating week-end of negotiations with Greece, I have even more reasons to be so. The Greek prime minister and the Greek people have been humiliated and were forced to accept an agreement that cannot bring any solution for their sufferings. And now, inevitably, some people are shouting: ‘treason’, pointing to Syriza. But is this justified? Had Tsipras any other real choice? Let us look at these questions.
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Global Social Justice - Human Rights Hopes Frustrated at Addis Abeba Summit
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php/articles/1013-human-rights-hopes-frustrated-at-addis-abeba-summit
Human Rights Hopes Frustrated at Addis Abeba Summit. Created: 06 August 2015. On July 16th, governments adopted the Outcome of the Third Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), called the Action Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA or the Outcome ). Nowhere is the failure to achieve this best characterized than in the response released by the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development:. The AAAA might leave the impression to some that it is strong on gender equality, women’s...
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Global Social Justice - World Bank Peddling Private For-Profit Schools in Africa
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php/articles/1014-world-bank-peddling-private-for-profit-schools-in-africa
World Bank Peddling Private For-Profit Schools in Africa. Created: 08 August 2015. Private, for-profit schools in Africa funded by the World Bank and U.S. venture capitalists have been criticized by more than 100 organizations who’ve signed a petition opposing the controversial educational venture. In a speech delivered in April, Kim praised BIA as a means to alleviate poverty in Kenya and Uganda. Critics responded that many Kenyans and Ugandans cannot afford private education, further arguing that t...
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Global Social Justice - UN Finance for Development Conference fails to Finance Development
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php/articles/999-un-finance-for-development-conference-fails-to-finance-development
UN Finance for Development Conference fails to Finance Development. Created: 17 July 2015. Third FfD FAILING to FINANCE DEVELOPMENT. Civil Society Response to the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development. While the Addis Ababa CSO FfD Forum Declaration (attached) addresses the full scope of our concerns, we wish to highlight the following critical issues:. Misplaced optimism towards private finance: We caution that the AAAA’s optimism towards private finance to deliver a broad sustainable d...
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Global Social Justice - Ashamed of being European ...
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php/articles/978-ashamed-of-being-european
Ashamed of being European . Created: 18 June 2015. Can one expect Italy and Greece and Spain to bear all the costs of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants? Why can our governments not respect the minimal norms of human dignity? What is this European Union where countries do not trust each other anymore? Where national governments anxiously look at their own budget, where people are sacrificed on the altar of fiscal balance and an illusionary and harmful economic growth? Growth of wealthy people’s a...
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Global Social Justice - More climate protection, less development aid?
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php/articles/1005-more-climate-protection-less-development-aid
More climate protection, less development aid? Created: 27 July 2015. Peter Niggli, Director, Alliance Sud. Global Social Justice 2016.
