‘China will do to us what it did to Hong Kong, and what it has long done to Tibetans and Uighurs’

‘The Energy Charter Treaty is having a chilling effect on climate legislation’

‘This election is make-believe: its only role is to provide a veneer of democracy’

‘Communities have the right to have their opinions heard and considered’

‘Many women escape North Korea to experience the freedoms they are denied’

‘We shouldn’t even be discussing why civil society needs to have a seat in climate talks’

‘Civil society’s participation in COP27 is important because it represents the voices of communities’

‘We doubt that we will be able to mobilise as we did around COP26’

‘Civil society must get involved because political actors cannot find a solution to our problems’

‘The main challenge is to consolidate legally recognised rights and prevent backsliding’