Gig workers around the world experience long hours, unpredictable and declining pay, and serious safety risks. Governments negotiating a landmark ILO treaty on platform work should adopt strong, binding standards https://t.co/vlCZwNLCX8
Sarah Sanbar examines how Iraq’s Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious legal regime: https://t.co/rnsVb4PaIg
For over a decade, Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City have been calling for a Transitional Housing / Temporary Emergency Accommodation (TEA) Policy.
In a landmark victory, with Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre representing the Bromwell Street families, the Constitutional Court on 20 December 2024 ordered the City of Cape Town to develop a reasonable Temporary Emergency Accommodation Policy. The Court directed that this policy must be implemented alongside the National Emergency Housing Programme, and in a manner consistent with the Constitution.
On 2 February 2026, the City of Cape Town finally released a draft Temporary Emergency Accommodation Policy for public comment, with a deadline of 2 March 2026.
In the 2017 documentary Not in My Neighbourhood, the Bromwell Street families are featured as they resist gentrification, alongside communities in Brazil and New York.
We are hosting this screening to create space for critical conversation about housing, displacement, and dignity. With the City’s TEA Policy currently open for public comment, this is a decisive moment. The policy will shape how people are treated when they are evicted or displaced - whether they are provided with safe, dignified, and well-located housing, or pushed further to the margins.
Not in My Neighbourhood exposes the realities of gentrification and the human cost behind development. Join us to watch, reflect, and take action.
RSVP HERE: https://t.co/Yb4douWzyP
💰Who truly benefits from the current global tax system, and what structural reforms are necessary?
👉Nathalie Beghin, Co-President of @latindadd and member of the Coordination Council of @justiciafiscal, provides a comprehensive analysis of the ongoing negotiations surrounding the UN Tax Convention.
🔗 Read the full analysis on the global fiscal process here: https://t.co/tzSQDdwe3i
Loss of America as a British Colony dealt a blow to British Empire but did not mark its decline. British Empire’s focus now moved to Asia, especially India where Britain built a more centralized and economically extractive empire. The shift from an Atlantic Ocean to Indian Ocean made Britain the dominant global power of 19th century. Western/British historians therefore don’t rue loss of America because they think British empire ultimately strengthened by turning eastward. And it did - or so it seemed.
But ultimately Britain weakened because it did not learn the right lessons from loss of America. Britain was weakened gradually because the United States emerged as a powerful rival. American Revolution demonstrated colonies could successfully rebel. And revolutionary movements were born in other colonies. Britain did not see this coming.
Britain of 1783 is America of 2026.
Alternate markets will emerge and strengthen. Never be arrogant of the buying potential of one market.
Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) produced a report on 'Inter-temporality and Reparations for Colonial and other Historic Atrocities'. The report can be read here-https://t.co/o01alO895i
🚨🇺🇸 The US miscalculated. Badly.
By demanding submission, it only pushed 🇮🇳India closer to 🇷🇺Russia & 🇨🇳China.
Here’s why Modi won’t be bossed around by Washington: 🧵
OPBP partnered with @AcceptIntGlobal to produce a report on 'Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups: Legal Protections and Vulnerabilities in International Law.' The report can be read here- https://t.co/OSiUGiHDOS
OPBP partnered with @CASACZA to produce a report on 'Governance Model for the Judiciary of the Republic of South Africa' against the backdrop of the 30th anniversary of constitutional democracy in South Africa. The report can be read here-https://t.co/ZtBqBjrhYN
Courts and the Body Politic by Kate O'Regan
This book explains and assesses the expanding role courts play in modern democracies.
📚 https://t.co/MteZ2fIY5i
#sociolegal
OPBP partnered with @NazilaGhanea, to produce a report on 'Mapping the Interactions of Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.' The report can be read here-https://t.co/BkKXm66iUJ
A Swedish court has convicted and sentenced a woman for keeping Yazidi women and children as sex slaves.
It's a major victory for the Yazidi community who've spent more than a decade seeking justice. Yet this accountability still remains elusive for many. https://t.co/XbnzE3CVpK
How can 2025 become the year of fairer global tax rules? 🌍
Read @MariaRonBalsera's piece on @devex's Predictions for Development ➡️ https://t.co/amInnh3tmS
Republic Day chief guests are the world's most important leaders
And there's a hidden reason why India chooses each of them
Here are the 10 most interesting of the last 75 years🧵
India won the 1971 war but lost a bigger prize
India had the chance to force Pakistan to settle Kashmir forever
BUT, India failed to do that
🧵on this controversial argument
India ended Western colonialism on this day
India defeated Portugal and took over Goa exactly 63 years ago
BUT, India was called an aggressor by Western powers
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🌍 The #UNTaxConvention Terms of Reference are APPROVED! 🎉
A historic step for #FiscalJustice, driven by Global South civil society and movements. Now, it’s time for wealthy nations to prove their commitment to human rights by transforming the global tax system ✊