IN FOCUS

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

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

FREEDOMS

SOUTH AMERICA

15.Feb.2023

EN ES

Eswatini: democracy a matter of life and death

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

FREEDOMS

SOUTHERN AFRICA

08.Feb.2023

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

GLOBAL

31.Jan.2023

EN ES FR

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

DEMOCRACY

SOUTH AMERICA

23.Jan.2023

EN ES PT

Australia: still silencing the climate alarm

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

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

OCEANIA

20.Jan.2023

Global Biodiversity Framework: from words to action?

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

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

13.Jan.2023

EN ES FR

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

INCLUSION

SOUTH ASIA

12.Jan.2023

Fiji’s new government: a less repressive trajectory?

A rare change of government offers a renewed test for democracy

DEMOCRACY

OCEANIA

05.Jan.2023

Barbados: third time’s a trend

Third state in Commonwealth Caribbean to decriminalise same-sex relations in 2022

INCLUSION

CARIBBEAN

20.Dec.2022