Sanctions should urgently be re-evaluated in countries facing the coronavirus pandemic, in light of their potentially debilitating impact on the health sector and human rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said.
Australia should avoid dealings with Myanmar that play down its military’s egregious rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
Digital welfare states risk becoming Trojan Horses for hostility towards social protection and regulation, said the UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston.
The report details the way in which Myanmar’s military has used its own businesses, foreign companies and arms deals to support brutal operations against ethnic groups, constituting serious crimes under international law.
This week Damian Collins, the Conservative Chair of the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee, said the makers of the Jeremy Kyle Show were irresponsible.
The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for re-investment in social security support for the UK’s children, and making detailed recommendations to improve the design and function of universal credit.