The pressure on prices exerted by Western companies leads to extreme exploitation in south-east Asian factories. Safety at work is another victim of the pressure, leading – as we saw on 24 April 2013 in Savar – almost systematically to tragedy. medico is supporting the fight for compensation and binding corporate liability.

On 10 May 2013 Guatemala's former dictator Rios Montt was convicted of genocide against the indigenous Ixil and of war crimes. Ten days later the verdict was overturned because of alleged procedural errors. What's the status of the struggle against impunity in Guatemala after all these years?

3 October 2013 remains as a day of shame. 380 refugees drowned in the sinking of a decrepit ship off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. The politicians all chorused that the disaster was a European one, impossible to prevent. Pope Francis was the...

On 21 August 2013 the US 2nd Circuit court handed down a ruling with far-reaching consequences in a claim for compensation by South African victims of apartheid against major groups such as General Motors, Daimler AG and Rheinmetall. Filed by the...

Refugees deported from Germany are fighting in Sierra Leone through the Network of Ex Asylum Seekers - NEAS - against stigmatisation and the European Union's deportation practices. The activists of NEAS work through their experiences in a play.

Physicians for Human Rights – Israel works with more than 3,000 volunteers to enforce the right to health for everyone in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories – regardless of their official resident status.

The one-day seminar by medico international foundation on 14 September 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the military putsch in Chile, and looked at the consequences of the dictatorship and the continuity of neoliberal policies – including and particularly after the end of the Pinochet regime.

Military actions by all parties must stop. Since 2009, history has shown that military operations have failed to bring peace and security for people in Gaza and in Israel.

Documentation on the international conference, 2 September 2013. Organized by Brot für die Welt, Justitia et Pax, Caritas international, Medico International and Südwind-Institut. Contents: 1.) Welcome - Dr Klaus Seitz (Brot für die Welt) 2.)...

Bisharat, Zaman and Fatima grew up in Pakistan as refugees from their war-torn country. Fortunately for them, they were not educated in one of the Qur'an schools which the Taliban still use to recruit their next generation. When the three returned to...