2026

PHILIPPINES: ‘A protest is one day, but organising is the thousands of conversations that make that day possible’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Hungary’s new opportunity for democracy

Viktor Orbán’s defeat opens a new chapter – but there’s a long road of recovery ahead for civic space and human rights

TANZANIA: ‘People took to social media instead of the public square, where they might get shot’

VENEZUELA: ‘The credit goes to detainees’ families, human rights organisations and the international community’

KENYA: ‘The energy seems to have moved from the streets to the ballot box’

UN: ‘The NGO Committee must be reformed to facilitate rather than obstruct civil society access’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

The UN NGO Committee: civil society’s gatekeeper in hostile hands

Thirteen of 19 newly elected members severely restrict civil society

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Indonesia’s genocide case: a landmark test of universal jurisdiction

Charges filed by a Rohingya survivor accuse Myanmar’s illegitimate leader of genocide

CONFLICT | CRISIS

TECHNOLOGY: ‘The solution cannot be to cut children off social media, but to make it safer’

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: ‘The countries that need it most are the ones with the least influence over it’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE