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New guidelines mean head teachers will also not have to call children by their preferred pronouns, dispelling fears of discrimination claims

West Cumbria Mining claims millions of tonnes of coking coal for steel industry will create 500 jobs

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday dismissed Venezuela’s preliminary objection in the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy case. 

Italy’s far -right government has broken a major climate pledge to end public financing for international fossil fuel projects.

Heat extremes that kill. jessica simor kc is a human rights lawyer at matrix chambers. she leads the legal team representing the club of climate seniors — she said shes not surprised at the rise of human rights climate change cases being brought to the courts. what were now seeing is the actual impact of climate change affecting people today. and so people are already able to argue that their rights are being affected by the failure of states to do with they said they would and to do what they...

But if the women are successful, well it may set a precedent for all of the european courts 46 member states. well, switzerlands representative to the court says, "this is not what the parties to the paris agreement wanted. that is not the role of the court." in 2015, the paris agreement saw almost all the worlds nations — for the first time — support a common strategy to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. but this the counter from the co—president of the group wh...

I spoke tojessica simor kc, a human rights barrister at matrix chambers. she leads the legal team representing the club of climate seniors. she said shes not surprised at the rise of human rights climate change cases being brought to courts. what we are now seeing is the actual impact of climate change affecting people today. and so people are already able to argue that their rights are being affected by the failure of states to do with they said they would and to do what they agreed to do and h...

Who won Women And Diversity Awards - and why