IN FOCUS

China: UN report leaves no room to hide

New Human Rights Commissioner faces early test of holding China to account

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Much effort was put into excluding people from the electoral process’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Civil society needs international support to monitor the implementation of the new land laws’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘From now on, states should adopt a human rights approach to environmental regulation’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Iran’s women the renewed targets of theocratic repression

Government responds to growing social unrest by crushing dissent and diverting attention

‘Chances for real democracy in Angola are quite low’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Pakistan: the lethal impacts of climate change

Response to catastrophic floods hindered by political short-sightedness, state ineffectiveness and insufficient global funding

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

India: outrage as gang rapists walk free

Case exemplifies systematic denial of Indian women’s rights and multiple layers of exclusion faced by Muslim women

Chile’s constitutional process: back to square one?

An urgent need to rethink the way forward as keeping the old authoritarian constitution can’t be an option

UK: new prime minister, same old problems?

Liz Truss takes over facing huge economic challenges