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Press Release: UN Human Rights Chief Advocates for Reparations

Lorriann Robinson

Director, The Advocacy Team

PRESS RELEASE The Advocacy Team commends the recent statement by the UN Rights Chief, Volker Türk urging states to take action on slavery reparations, emphasising the imperative to address historical injustices. This call is a response to ongoing systemic inequalities stemming from the legacy of slavery.

French legislative elections: Path towards democratic progress or risk of ungovernability?

At first glance, France and the United Kingdom seem to be following opposite trajectories. Following the legislative elections on July 4th, the United Kingdom regained a certain political stability with a clear victory for the left after eight chaotic years since the vote in favour of Brexit. At the same time, France is in turn marked by the breakthrough of a populist and xenophobic party. The Advocacy Team’s Junior Associate, Mathilde Benguigui takes a closer look at the events in France, what might unfold in the days and weeks ahead and what this all means for international co-operation and development.

Aid for Asylum?

The UK government’s new controversial Rwanda migration policy poses many questions, least of all those from an ethics and moral standpoint. But one of the questions people in the aid sector will be asking is; “how much of this policy, if any, will be financed by official development assistance (ODA)?”. Our Senior Associate, Nasim Salad, tells us more

What does the Provisional Aid Statistics for 2023 show us?

In 2022, the UK experienced an unprecedented change in its aid spending, as it counted a third of its ODA budget on in-donor refugee costs. Following two years of aid cuts when the UK reduced its ODA to GNI ratio from 0.7% to 0.5%, the increased spending on in-donor refugee costs deepened cuts further. Our Senior Associate, Nasim Salad, tells us more.

The Advocacy Team Soft-launch Report at the World Bank Annual Meetings 2023: Financing Reparations and Loss and Damage – What are the Options?

The Advocacy Team and Development Reimagined soft-launches their recent report on funding loss and damage through reparatory justice at the World Bank Annual Meetings in Morocco.

Report: Financing Reparations and Loss and Damage – What are the Options?

The Advocacy Team and Development Reimagined unpacks the data around funding loss and damage through reparatory justice.

Understanding the UK’s Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Budget Training Course

Want to learn where to find these numbers and understand what this data means? Join The Advocacy Team on the 14th May for our in person ODA Training Course.

The Advocacy Team marks International Women’s Day 2024 by exploring Self-Advocacy

There was no better way to mark #InternationalWomensDay2024 than to learn more about the personal journeys of self-advocacy in the #InternationalDevelopment sector through the experiences of our incredibly inspiring guest speakers. Read more about what our speakers had to say.