2022

‘Grassroots environmental defenders are highly underrepresented in decision-making’

Costa Rica at the polls: voting or gambling?

Apathy and fragmentation yield unexpected results

CENTRAL AMERICA

Hungary’s election a grim day for civil society

Viktor Orbán’s latest win signals a further assault on rights

Ukraine war exposes weaknesses of international system

Mixed international response to Russia’s aggression makes the case for global governance reform

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Education is our basic right, it’s an Islamic right, it’s a human right’

Afghanistan: back to school?

Against all odds, Afghan women and girls mobilise for their right to education

‘UN member states should make efforts to honour their commitments at home’

‘We are just students fighting for the future in times in which our opinions are disregarded’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NORTHERN AFRICA

Peru’s oil spill raises corporate accountability questions

Campaigners call on oil giant Repsol to take full responsibility

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Guatemala: anti-rights movement shows its teeth

Attempt to enact regressive anti-gender law defeated – for the time being

CENTRAL AMERICA