GLOBAL

Fresh hope for healthy oceans: UN treaty set to take effect

Years of civil society advocacy led to High Seas Treaty breakthrough – but many states are yet to get on board

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘The ICJ’s advisory opinion strengthens climate justice by establishing legal principles states cannot ignore’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

UN at 80: a struggle for renewal in a time of crises

General Assembly discusses Palestinian recognition and UN reform while civil society remains shut out

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Negotiations have so far been successful at preventing a weak plastics treaty being passed’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Outsourcing cruelty: the offshoring of migration management

Global north states are making migration deadlier and strengthening repressive regimes

AI governance: the struggle for human rights

As tech giants and authoritarians converge, civil society demands ethical AI standards

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Anticorruption should not be an abstract legal agenda – it must directly improve people’s lives’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Who will take the mic at the United Nations when doing so might cost them their freedom?’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Overtourism: civil society mobilising

Campaigners demand sustainable tourism as neighbourhoods transform and housing costs soar

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Peoples have a right to self-determination, whether they are part of an internationally recognised state or not’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE