Plea for UN Intervention over Illegal PNG Logging

Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG logging

A United Nations Committee is being urged to act on human rights violations committed by illegal loggers in Papua New Guinea.

Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG loggers ‘stealing forests’

RNZ Pacific A United Nations committee is being urged to act over human rights violations committed by illegal loggers in Papua New Guinea. Watchdog groups Act Now! and Jubilee Australia have filed a formal request to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider action at its next meeting in August. “We have stressed with the UN that there is pervasive, ongoing and irreparable harm to customary resource owners whose f…

UN Committee urged to act on rights violations and illegal logging in PNG

ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre are urging a UN Committee to act on human rights violations in PNG arising from illegal logging. The post UN Committee urged to act on rights violations and illegal logging in PNG appeared first on Post Courier.