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    Disappointment Over COVID-19 Vaccines Patents Deal

    Global health campaigners have expressed their disappointment in the decision by the World Trade Organization to waive certain intellectual property rules on vaccine exports...
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    Death Sentences in Myanmar

    Governments and civil society from across the world have called for dropping plans for the executions urged on the international community to step up...
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka’s Struggle to Bring Down The Rajapaksas

    The complete ouster of Rajapaksa rule will not transform Sri Lanka unless the country embraces the rule of law and pluralism. The current intercommunal...
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    Child Rights

    UN Releases Scathing Report on Myanmar Junta Brutalities Against Children

    The Special Rapporteur has described the impact of the 1 February 2021 coup on the human rights of Myanmar’s children and has detailed the...
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    Accountability

    Spelling Out: What Is The Sri Lanka Crisis All About?

    The economic crisis was exacerbated by the loss of livelihoods, particularly by urban and rural daily wage earners, who consequently faced food insecurity due...
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    Accountability

    Why Has Pakistan President Refused to Sign Accountability Law?

    The Pakistan President refused to put his signature on the Accountability (Amendment) bill, saying that he was not informed about the bill before placing...
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    Accountability

    Elections: A Global Ranking Rates US Weakest Among Liberal Democracies

    Our new research report provides a global assessment of the quality of national elections around the world from 2012-21, based on nearly 500 elections across...
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    Accountability

    UN System, Too Complex and Fragmented, is in Urgent Need of Reform

    Short of a complete overhaul that would revolutionize its governance and shut down many of its operations around the world, including the merging of...
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    Accountability

    Nepal and Bhutan Push for Mountain Climate Agenda at COP31 After Deadly Himalayan Floods

    Nepal has already linked recovery needs to loss-and-damage mechanisms, submitting claims related to the disaster. Bhutan, which has long prioritised environmental conservation, brings complementary experience in balancing development with ecological limits.
    Civil society

    Pakistani Journalists and Civil Society Form Committee to Defend Freedom of Expression

    Participants stressed that a broad-based alliance supported by strong journalists’ unions was essential to protect independent journalism and expand the space for free expression.
    Climate change

    Climate Off the Charts: UN Warns ‘Supersized’ El Niño Will Propel Record Global Heating and Disasters Into 2027

    The complete and peer-reviewed State of the Global Climate 2026 report will be officially presented in March 2027, incorporating verified input from dozens of national meteorological and hydrological agencies worldwide.

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    Accountability

    Nepal and Bhutan Push for Mountain Climate Agenda at COP31 After Deadly Himalayan Floods

    Nepal has already linked recovery needs to loss-and-damage mechanisms, submitting claims related to the disaster. Bhutan, which has long prioritised environmental conservation, brings complementary experience in balancing development with ecological limits.
    Civil society

    Pakistani Journalists and Civil Society Form Committee to Defend Freedom of Expression

    Participants stressed that a broad-based alliance supported by strong journalists’ unions was essential to protect independent journalism and expand the space for free expression.
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