Industry

 Commission of omissions

After prolonged negotiations, what the Rio summit has produced is a weak and poorly represented commission on sustainable development

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rio Summit, Human Rights, UN, NGO, Sustainable Development
Environment

Bhopal: Industrial genocide?

The deaths in Bhopal caused by Union Carbide's noxious fumes should not have happened at all. Equally unnecessary and unwarranted is the continuing suffering of those who managed to survive. Situations that caused a tragedy of such magnitude could and should have been averted.

Publication Date: 
Jan 1985
Arena Press
Tags:
Health Effects, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Human Rights

Director - Campaigns & Mobilization

Provide strategic leadership and vision for Amnesty International India’s campaigns and mobilization activities centred on human rights work in India.

Environment
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK)
Environment, Human Rights, India, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK)
Governance And Institutions
Indian Social Institute (ISI)
Human Rights, Rural Development, Urban Development, India, Tribals, Women, Indian Social Institute (ISI)
Environment
DISHA
Environment, Economic Development, India, Human Rights, Education, Health, Women, Peace, Disha
People
CRY - Child Rights and You
Children, India, Human Rights, CRY
Hazardous Waste

Migrants at sea are not toxic cargo

Navi Pillay

The millions of people who risk their lives in order to cross international borders in search of a better life present one of the most serious human rights problems today.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
People, Hazardous Waste, Human Rights, Toxins
Energy

 News 360 - Brief

nuclear energy Private players? Private players may soon be allowed entry into nuclear energy production. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said as much minutes before he went in to deliberate on the draft Integrated Energy Policy with the plan panel. The law will, however, have to be amended to allow the private sector to set up nuclear plants, he added.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Biofuel, People, Polio, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Energy, Private Sector, Supreme Court, Human Rights, WHO, Nigeria, India, Chhattisgarh, European Union (EU), Planning Commission
People

 Australia says 'sorry' to the aborigines

"To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.' These are words of a national apology by Australian prime minister Kevin

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
People, Human Rights

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