In more positive developments and despite a global rise in executions, a growing number of countries are abolishing the practice – spurred by the Global South.
The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, said that Myanmar's military forces are committing human rights violations with the impunity that they perpetrated four years ago...
The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.
South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.
The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.