GLOBAL

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

‘For a just energy transition, laws should recognise the right to defend human rights’

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

Pride 2025: resistance rising

LGBTQI+ groups assert defiant visibility amid political backlash and corporate retreat

Financing for Development: another global letdown

Seville talks excluded civil society and failed to deliver the ambition needed

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘There will be no progress on gender rights without political will and accountability’

Climate: Bonn talks fail to bring breakthrough

As COP30 approaches, calls grow for fundamental reform of UN climate process

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT