BERLIN: Thousands of students are gathering in the German capital, skipping school to take part in a rally demanding action against climate change.
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who inspired the protests in Germany and elsewhere by staging weekly “school strikes,” is expected to lead the Friday rally through Berlin’s government district.
The 16-year-old is also meeting with scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, just outside the German capital.
The weekly “Fridays for Future” protests have been largely welcomed by German politicians, though some have criticized students for protesting during school time.
One placard at the protest read: “I’ll go to school if you keep the planet cool.”
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the protests “a very good initiative.”
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Thousands of students march in Berlin in climate protest
Thousands of students march in Berlin in climate protest
- Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg inspired the protests in Germany and elsewhere by staging weekly “school strikes”
- The weekly “Fridays for Future” protests have been largely welcomed by German politicians, though some have criticized students
UN rights chief: World must not ‘revert to violence as an organizing principle’
- ‘The world cannot stand by as the edifice of international humanitarian and human rights law is dismantled before our eyes’
GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the normalization of the use of force to resolve disputes, warning that conflicts create “a human rights wasteland.”
“We must not revert to violence as an organizing principle,” Volker Turk said as he provided an update on rights situations around the world to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
“The world cannot stand by as the edifice of international humanitarian and human rights law is dismantled before our eyes.”
“We must not revert to violence as an organizing principle,” Volker Turk said as he provided an update on rights situations around the world to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
“The world cannot stand by as the edifice of international humanitarian and human rights law is dismantled before our eyes.”
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