IN FOCUS

Colombia’s historic child marriage ban

Renewed hopes for global progress on SDG5 with only six years to go

Saudi sportswashing plunges new depths

Decision to host World Cup in authoritarian state bad news for human rights

South Korea: democracy defended

People defeat presidential power grab

International Criminal Court acts against Israel’s impunity

Backlash from powerful states reveals double standards

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Women pay price of Sudan’s war

Targeted by violence, women also hold the keys to peace

CONFLICT | CRISIS

COP16: no money for biodiversity

Progress on Indigenous participation, but funding gap left unresolved

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Moldova sees off Russia’s threat – for now

Referendum and presidential election marred by heavy Moscow influence operation

COP29: yet another climate summit in closed civic space

Petrostate host Azerbaijan cracks down on civil society in advance

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Georgia: election result threatens further regression

Populist pro-Russian party retains power in vote marred by fraud allegations

Myanmar at a crossroads

Democratic forces gain ground on battlefield but international community does little

CONFLICT | CRISIS