2023

Nicaragua: an opportunity for democratic solidarity

Release of political prisoners could be a sign of the ruling regime’s strength – or weakness

CENTRAL AMERICA

Venezuela: the end of civil society as we know it?

Visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights falls short of civil society expectations

Eswatini: democracy a matter of life and death

Killing of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko the latest troubling development in absolute monarchy

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Far-right threats sparked by pandemic denial

Conspiracy theories would be a laughing matter were it not for the real threat of violence

As difficult as it is necessary: the process towards a binding business and human rights treaty

Challenges mount as unofficial deadline for completion approaches

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Peru: democracy at a crossroads

A fresh election is urgently needed – but may not solve longstanding political crisis

Brazil: can the far-right genie be put back into the bottle?

Former president Bolsonaro has unleashed extremist forces he no longer controls

Australia: still silencing the climate alarm

Government says it takes the climate crisis seriously but instead restricts the right to peaceful protest

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Global Biodiversity Framework: from words to action?

Major agreement to reverse ecosystem destruction now needs to be funded and implemented

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Afghanistan: theocracy pushes women to the margins

Islamic Emirate proclaimed in 2021 comes to fruition by completing the exclusion of women from work and education