GLOBAL

G20 summit: international ritual lacking in substance

Host government India uses meeting as pre-election PR exercise

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

BRICS: the burgeoning of an international repressive alliance?

New members largely a gallery of authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Pride 2023: defiant joy against anti-rights backlash

LGBTQI+ people around the world keep mobilising against the odds

UN Cybercrime Convention: could the cure be worse than the disease?

Treaty under negotiation could give repressive states further tools to stifle dissent

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

UN Security Council: new members but little change

Authoritarian Belarus loses bid to join – but structural reform remains much needed

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Climate change gets its day in court

International Court of Justice to issue advisory opinion on states’ climate obligations

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

SDGs: time to get back on course

Realising goals will require both global financial reform and the opening of civic space

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Press freedom under attack

Journalists risk harassment, detention, violence and death just for doing their job

Abolishing the death penalty: progress and setbacks

Reforms in Malaysia and Zambia show change is possible – but there’s still a long way to go

The plastic crisis: a race against the clock

Negotiations on a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution need to listen to civil society rather than the plastics industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT