In many places around the world, human rights and democracy are under threat. While we combat the global pandemic, multiple challenges are mounting in particular for the most vulnerable communities. As we celebrate Human Rights Day, the EU re-commits to stand and speak out for the oppressed and those under threat, wherever they may live.

Bangkok, 31 March 2021 - On the way to reduce and better manage plastic waste in Thailand, the Pollution Control Department of the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the ‘Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’ project, funded by the European Union and the German Government, presented three new pilot projects. They will contribute to tackle the...