IN FOCUS

COP28: another climate summit in closed civic space

United Arab Emirates offers greenwashing and PR instead of climate solutions

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Nagorno-Karabakh: far-reaching consequences of a neglected conflict

Accountability needed over rights violations of multitudes forced to flee

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Argentina: unpalatable choices in election plagued with uncertainty

Far-right outsider could still win 19 November presidential runoff

Ecuador: an end to instability?

Election result brings opportunity to address violence – but time is short and cost of failure is high

Hope for change in Poland

Civil society expects improvements in civic space, the rule of law and the rights of excluded groups

Mauritius begins to correct a historic wrong towards LGBTQI+ people

Supreme Court rejects criminalisation of same-sex relations as an abhorrent colonial relic

Gaza: immediate ceasefire needed

Long-term solutions must also be advanced to respect human rights

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Brazil: a step forward for Indigenous peoples’ rights

Supreme Court backs Indigenous land rights – but political vested interests have fought back

All change in New Zealand’s election

Political volatility rises under cost-of-living crisis

Russia kept out of UN Human Rights Council

But non-competitive elections see rights abusers remain in the majority

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE