2022

Gabon and Togo offer renewed test of Commonwealth values

Two new members join the Commonwealth – despite repressing democracy and human rights

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Uzbekistan: protests further show need for democracy

State’s failure to spot the warning signs of anger leads to rare protests and avoidable violence

Migrants pay the deadly cost of Spain’s harsh approach

Full investigation needed into multiple deaths at attempted crossing of Morocco-Spanish border

NORTHERN AFRICA

Republicanism on the rise in the Caribbean

Commonwealth Caribbean coming to terms with history to forge its own path forward

Pride and politics: a renewed urgency to demands for LGBTQI+ rights

2022 Pride events defy anti-rights backlash and democratic regression

Cuba: a year on from historic pro-democracy protests

Repression and criminalisation prevent anniversary protest – but deep discontent is guaranteed to resurface

Tanzania: Maasai people resist forced evictions

Indigenous people face government plan to forcibly remove them for tourism development

20 years of the International Criminal Court

Two decades on, the ICC has proved its value although challenges remain

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Rohingya refugees: still far from home

Struggle of the Rohingya people continues six years on from campaign of violence that made them refugees

The four-day workweek: the future of work?

Thousands of UK workers join a six-month trial to test the viability of the four-day workweek

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT