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International Conference for Peoples’ Rights in the Philippines 2016: Fight for Peoples’ Rights

August 25, 2016 No Comments

Human rights organizations and social movements from all over the globe gathered for the International Conference for Peoples’ Rights in the Philippines (ICPRP) last July 23 to 24, 2016, in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines. The ICPRP aimed to strengthen international solidarity and energize collective action by raising the discourse on people’s rights and highlighting peoples’ struggles.

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Monitoring and review of development cooperation in the 2030 Agenda

July 29, 2016 No Comments

IBON International participated in the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) 5th Biennial High-Level Meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 21-22 July 2016, which was part of the High-level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The meeting focused on development cooperation as a lever for effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda. IBON International representative Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo made an intervention during the session on “Monitoring and review of development cooperation in the 2030 Agenda: quality, effectiveness and impact for sustainable development.” Below is the full text of her intervention.

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People's Rights Forum, 21 July 2016

July 14, 2016 No Comments

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) and IBON International invite everyone to attend the People’s Rights Forum happening on 21 July 2016 (2:00PM – 5:00PM) at the Brokenshire Convention Center, Davao City.

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People’s Rights Forum, 21 July 2016

July 14, 2016 No Comments

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) and IBON International invite everyone to attend the People’s Rights Forum happening on 21 July 2016 (2:00PM – 5:00PM) at the Brokenshire Convention Center, Davao City.

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Reclaiming UNCTAD: Draw from its roots to resist neoliberal agenda

July 14, 2016 No Comments

The fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIV) comes at the heels of WTO 10th Ministerial Conference last December 2015 in Nairobi, where the US, EU and other developed countries slayed the Doha Development Round in order to introduce “new issues” into the multilateral trading system.

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TPP: An Expansion of Whose Agenda?

June 9, 2016 No Comments

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a regional free trade agreement (FTA) created to reduce trade barriers and harmonize rules and regulations that further intensify the concentration of resources, wealth, and power into the hands of industrial countries and their corporate elites.

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IBON CJ Watch May 2016

June 4, 2016 No Comments

The Bonn Climate Change Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened from May 16 to 26, 2016 in Bonn, Germany to discuss the operationalization of the Paris Agreement which was adopted by 194 Parties in December 2015 and endorsed by 177 countries in April 2016. The Conference is expected to have laid the foundation for the success of the COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco in November; however, it is still a long way from achieving the vision of balance, equity, and ambition to genuinely solve the planetary crisis.

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International Conference for Peoples’ Rights in the Philippines

May 16, 2016 No Comments

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao (InPeace), KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights, and Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace (EcuVoice) invite friends to the International Conference for Peoples’ Rights in the Philippines (ICPRP) from July 23 to 24, 2016, in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines.

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Inaugural FfD Forum: Missed potentials

May 4, 2016 No Comments

Insufficient preparations, limited time allocation and a disappointing outcome document marked the inaugural ECOSOC Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, held from 18-20 April 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, which was meant to initiate a follow-up process for the FfD Conferences (from Monterrey, Doha, to Addis Ababa).

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Inang Bayan Global Day of Action for Kidapawan edition

April 28, 2016 No Comments

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) released their new edition of “Inang Bayan” which highlights the Global Day of Action for the thousands of farmers and peasants who were brutally dispersed and fired at by police forces in Kidapawan, North Cotabato during a legitimate protest action for food relief.

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US Congress Rep with World Bank oversight demands end to Bank’s unethical water privatization deals, cites Manila’s privatized water

April 12, 2016 No Comments

US Congressional Representative Gwen Moore, a Ranking Member of the House subcommittee tasked with World Bank Group (WBG) oversight, yesterday issued a rare letter of condemnation of the WBG for its failure to prevent conflicts of interest from shaping the decisions of its development finance institution, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in its projects in the water sector.

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