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In his installation address, President Lawrence S. Bacow said, “[W]e must strive to model the behavior we would hope to see elsewhere.” His context then was sustaining free speech on campus in the search for truth. When he invokes the phrase now, it seems broadly applicable to the ways Harvard must conduct itself, if it truly aspires to be a leading institution of higher education, at a moment when many institutions seem to be stumbling. During the past 15 months, the University’s helmspe...

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USA: “Rewards for Justice” program violates human rights, say UN experts GENEVA (14 April 2021) – The United States’ anti-terrorism program “Rewards for Justice” is violating the human rights of some of the individuals it targets, UN human rights experts* said. The program, operated by the U.S. State Department, offers money for information about people outside the United States whom the U.S. Government designates as being associated with terrorism, but who have not been c...

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15 Apr 2021 * Given the fluid nature of the current complex crisis in Myanmar, it is expected that the scope of work could vary to some degree and expectations will be reviewed on a regular basis. However, below are some of the key expected activities: Review of Myanmar CO current CVA and mapping of opportunities Technical assistance and support to scale-up or strengthen the quality of UNFPA’s CVA for SRHR/GBV/MHPSS Support to advise implementation of the Survivor Fund for PSEA Technical guid...

Duration of the mission:** 8 months (according to funding – with possible extension) Location: Based in North East Syria: flying position for Hassake and Raqqa bases (NES) and North West Syria ABOUT THE MISSION Solidarites International (SI) has been working in Syria since 2012. The mission counts about 230 national staff, more than 40 expatriates, and has a 25 million EUR budget forecasted for 2021. There are 3 implementing offices in Syria (2 in North East Syria/NES, 1 in North West Syria/N...

GENEVA (8 April 2021) – UN human rights experts said today they are alarmed by the continued detention of a journalist and four senior officials and urged authorities to immediately drop the charges against them in line with an order last month by the Bamako Court of Appeal which had dismissed the case for lack of evidence and ordered the release of the five men. The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of ...

Canada Plastics Pact Announces 13 New Partners, Advisory Council members Pact Partners continue to diversify; key leadership council put in place April 08, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Canada Plastics Pact Canada Plastics Pact Ottawa, OTTAWA, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is welcoming 13 new Partners that have committed to its industry-led, collaboration platform, which enables Partners to tackle ke...

Google Cloud joins the FinOps Foundation Google Cloud today announced that it is joining the FinOps Foundation as a Premier Member. The FinOps Foundation is a relatively new open-source foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation, that launched last year. It aims to bring together companies in the ‘cloud financial management’ space to establish best practices and standards. As the term implies, ‘cloud financial management,’ is about the tools and practices that help businesses manage and...