Trade: Indonesia initiates dispute over EU duties on stainless steel products (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Indonesia has initiated a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the countervailing and anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Union on imports of stainless steel cold- rolled flat products (SSCRFP) from Indonesia.

WHO: Will Zero Draft of pandemic instrument incorporate calls for equity? (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan, Kochi)
With the imminent release of the zero draft of the WHO's new pandemic instrument, a looming question is how far the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) will incorporate the call for the inclusion of equity provisions.

Ukraine: Destruction of healthcare facilities violates IHL (PRIV)
(IPS, Bratislava)
While recent reports highlight the growing list of human rights abuses and war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, new research has laid bare the massive scale of arguably Russia's most systematic and deadly campaign of rights violations in the country - the targeting and almost complete destruction of healthcare facilities.