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Thursday, January 26, 2017

The US announced that trade sanctions on Sudan will be will be lifted (January 13, 2017). As reported in The New York Times: “For the first time since the 1990s, the nation will be able to trade extensively with the United States, allowing it to buy goods like tractors and spare parts and attract much-needed investment in its collapsing economy.

By David L. Phillips
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

By David L. Phillips

2011 Advocate Ifeanyi Orazulike discussed LGBT Rights
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

2011 Advocate Ifeanyi Orazulike (pictured right) of Nigeria was invited to speak on a panel of LGBT advocates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2017. 

He and his fellow panelists spoke about the legal, social, and workplace realities facing LGBT people around the world and encouraged businesses to improve LGBT inclusion.

By Marina Kumskova and Katie Krueger
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

By Marina Kumskova and Katie Krueger

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Mr. Alvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues issued an end-of-year statement on December 31st. Read the full statement below: