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UN report criticises Lobbying Act and urges UK government to reform it

Last edited 16 June 2017 at 11:01am
16 June, 2017

Greenpeace: “Ministers should use Queen’s Speech to end international embarrassment”

A senior United Nations official has expressed concerns about the highly controversial Lobbying Act, urging the UK government to reform it.

In a report presented at the UN Human Rights Council just two days before polling day last week, UN experts criticised the act for its ‘chilling effect’ on civil society and its unequal treatment of charities compared to businesses. [1]

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The lowdown on UN's SOFIA report: 89.5% of fish are now fully or overfished

Posted by Fiona Nicholls — 23 September 2016 at 4:39pm - Comments
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The SOFIA report is a biennial publication that outlines the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture of the previous two years, hence the name. Commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (‘for a world without hunger,’ is their tagline), the report is a big deal in the world of fish. It’s considered a check up on the state of the world’s fish stocks and our consumption.

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