Governments convened in Rome on Monday (February 16) for a critical round of UN biodiversity negotiations, launching the world’s first global review of how countries are acting to protect nature. The sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on [...] Read more »
International Humanitarian Law is at Breaking Point – but not Beyond Repair
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The Global Struggle for Equality for Women and Girls
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We Must Reject a World Governed by Raw Power
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Regional Trade in Transition: Digitalization, Servicing and De-risking
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Extreme Heat Undermines Decent Work in North Eastern Kenya
By 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, Hawa Hussein Farah is already watching the temperature climb. Awake since 6 a.m., she has prepared her three children for school before walking them to class and heading to Suuq Mugdi, an open-air market in Garissa [...] Read more »
IRAN: ‘Sustainable Change Will Depend on Domestic Organisational Capacity, Not External Force’
By CIVICUS
Feb 16 2026 -
CIVICUS discusses the recent protests in Iran with Sohrab Razaghi, executive director of Volunteer Activists, a Netherlands-based diaspora organisation empowering Iranian civil society.
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Next UN Secretary-General Should Champion Human Rights
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Bay of Despair: Rohingya Refugees Risk Their Lives at Sea
Dawn is breaking and the world’s biggest refugee camp stirs to life. Smoke rises from small cooking fires among rows of bamboo and tarpaulin shelters as children line up for food. For 38-year-old Mon Bahar, one of over 1.1 million Rohingya [...] Read more »
Multilateralism Reaching Breaking Point
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Africa at the Epicenter of Child Labour Crisis as Migration Fuels Exploitation
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After New START, Accelerated Nuclear Arms Racing?
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As Landmark Treaty Expires, No Binding Limits on US-Russia Nuclear Arsenals
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As Glaciers Melt, the World’s Hidden Water Banks Are at Risk
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Fragile Progress in Gaza Humanitarian Response Undermined by Rampant Insecurity
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