IN FOCUS

Israel must face accountability as Gaza genocide intensifies

International pressure is growing but states are still repressing civil society voices

CONFLICT | CRISIS

SDGs: accountability under threat

Funding cuts and access barriers are undermining civil society’s role to hold states to account

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Time running out for ambitious plastics treaty

As plastic pollution worsens, negotiators must listen to civil society rather than industry lobbyists

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

International Court of Justice signals end to climate impunity

Groundbreaking decision resulted from civil society campaign

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

UN takes step forward on corruption

Civil society wins recognition that corruption harms human rights

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Defending the defenders: civil society’s struggle for global space and voice

59th Human Rights Council session delivers advances but context grows more challenging

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Japan’s right-wing populist rise

Xenophobic party benefits from economic anger to win significant parliamentary presence

Kenya: systemic violence meets brave resistance

Youth-led protest movement demands end to police brutality

NATO’s missing watchdogs: civil society’s role in defence spending scrutiny

Planned military build-up needs proper oversight

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Bangladesh’s next chapter: progress and pitfalls in democratic reform

Almost a year after an autocrat was toppled, the risk remains of a return to authoritarianism