News highlights, end May 2015

UN, Human Rights and TTIP:

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/may/04/ttip-united-nations-human-right-secret-courts-multinationals?CMP=share_btn_tw

Women, private and public decision-making:

http://www.odi.org/publications/9514-womens-voice-leadership-assessment-review-evidence

Violence in Burundi:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/05/dispatches-how-far-will-burundi-s-president-go-crush-opposition

Exploitation of gold in the Ivory Coast and conflict:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-ivorycoast-gold-army-specialreport-idUSKBN0NS0V620150507?utm_source=twitter

EU leaders and Palestine:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/israel-occupation-european-leaders-binyamin-netanyahu