The Virtual Asia Regional CLE Mock Pre-Trial Event is a collaborative learning exercise with subject matter that focuses on relevant legal issues and social justice outcomes, not a competition with winners and losers.

2 minutes read Background The organization of a focused event related to the commitment to science and society was one of the positive outcomes of

1 minute read A  Public Online Lecture on ‘Resistance and Responsibility: A Vulnerability Analysis,  By Professor Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory University),  Organised by the Trinity’s

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed November 2 as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ in General Assembly Resolution A/RES/68/163. The Resolution urged the Member States to implement definite measures countering the present culture of impunity.

How do we prepare for the doubling of the global urban population by 2050? By dramatically rethinking urbanism and its governance. That means designing cities for people, not cars; allowing everyone access to urban opportunities; investing in resource-efficient buildings, transport, energy, water, and waste systems; and enabling cities to experiment and learn from each other.

Better Production, Better Nutrition, A Better Environment, and A Better Life

Most rural economies are based on agriculture, and most of the labor force in rural agriculture comprises women. In fact, globally, one in three employed women work in agriculture.

The environmental crisis, climate change, and its increasingly unintended and sometimes emerging effects have become so apparent that even individuals, such as some politicians who previously denied them, have been forced to acknowledge them.

This day is marked as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with a vision to promote risk awareness and disaster reduction culture. This day celebrates how people all across the globe are coming together to reduce the risk of disasters and also raising awareness.

Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The international day of the girl child is celebrated worldwide to further this goal and bridge the gap in learning and equitable access to resources for young girls so that they can realize their potential.

Good mental health is not simply the absence of diagnosable mental health problems. Instead, it is characterized by one’s ability to express and manage a range of emotions (both positive and negative) while forming and maintaining good relationships with others.

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.

The urgency of improving living conditions has been brought to the fore by COVID-19, which has devastated the lives of millions in cities. Access to clean water and sanitation, along with social distancing, are key responses to the pandemic. Yet in slums it has proved difficult to implement these measures. This means an increased risk of infection, not only within slums, but in whole cities”
António Guterres

Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Mahatma Gandhi (Oct 2, 1869 – Jan 30, 1948)

People worldwide are living longer. Today, for the first time in history, most people can expect to live into their sixties and beyond. By 2050, the world’s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015. Today, 125 million people are aged 80 years or older.