International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition marks the date of a 1791 uprising in Santo Domingo (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) that played a crucial role in the abolition of the 16th to 19th century transatlantic slave trade. The Day is to inscribe the tragedy of the slave […]
The developing countries of the South-South Cooperation are located primarily in the Southern Hemisphere, and include Asia (except for Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (except for Israel). These countries have contributed to more than half of the world’s growth in recent […]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) notes that there is no universally accepted definition for migrant, and that this word is an umbrella term, not defined under international law, reflecting the common lay understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an […]