2022

Colombia’s historic left turn

Gustavo Petro becomes country’s first leftist president, and Francia Márquez its first female and Afro-Colombian vice-president

Ecuador: protests over or only on hold?

Negotiations bring uneasy truce after more than two weeks of protests but divisions remain

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Wanted: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The next High Commissioner must be a global rights champion who stands up to authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Sudan: military needs to make way for democracy

Small recent concessions granted by military government shouldn’t appease international community

Somalia: drought and conflict a dual threat

Millions on the brink of starvation as Somalia experiences its worst drought in decades

CONFLICT | CRISIS

LGBTQI+ rights in the Commonwealth: time for change

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting an opportunity to address colonial legacy of discrimination

Palestine: activism gone digital

Technology is playing a key role in human rights work – and bringing backlash

Iran: food price rises fuel renewed protests

Government responds by vilifying protesters and unleashing yet more violence

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

El Salvador: ‘war on gangs’ accelerates slide into authoritarianism

Fundamental rights under attack, with 38,000 arrests so far

CENTRAL AMERICA

Thailand: king’s critics criminalised

Thailand’s democracy activists are being criminalised for questioning royal power