States who want to keep criminalising LGBT people are trying to stop the UN from creating a way of investigating them.
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Just 11 months after the Paris climate talks, the resulting treaty has come into force. The rapid ratification looks set to heap even more pressure on Australia to come up with a credible climate policy.
After years of stalled negotiations, China has ended its opposition to the world’s largest marine park off Antarctica - part of a wider trend towards increased Chinese involvement in global governance.
Ironically the campaign to withdraw from the ICC was mainly initiated by the very same governments and heads of state that had earlier referred cases to the ICC when it suited their own interests.
The ICC has made important advances by investigating cases outside Africa and completing ones that further define what is not allowed in war. South Africa’s withdrawal is concerning, but not fatal.
As many as 30,000 delegates gathered to decide the future of cities for the next 20 years – here’s how it played out.
Three researchers examine the big challenges of urban development: from city leadership to lock-ins.
Jeffrey Sachs wants to press governments to follow through on their promises.
As the former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Guterres could promote a more unified approach to helping the displaced.
Guterres must know the world we live in today more globally and more intimately than many a former minister or executive.
The World Bank risks looking hypocritical and becoming redundant if it doesn’t improve its own management.
There were seven highly regarded and qualified women who could have been selected as the next UN secretary-general. So why did the job go to another man?
Will the candidates acknowledge the Black Lives Matter platform during the debate in St. Louis? Millennial voters will be listening.
Like the League of Nations before it, the UN is often dismissed as a powerless talking shop or a proxy for the great powers. It’s much more than that.
The UN’s Charter legally binds it to promote gender equality, but guess what: yes, it’s a man again.
Why US$790m is not enough to win the war against antibiotic resistance.
The UN has adopted a more transparent process to select its new Secretary General. But it does not go far enough.
Africa should focus on the feasible reforms of the UN and de-emphasise its demand for improved representation on the Security Council voting reforms, given the complex politics around these issues.
Only by listening to local LGBT activists in hostile environments can the West stand up for human rights worldwide.
Even if the war in Syria is somehow brought to a close, prosecuting IS members for the crimes they’ve committed won’t be easy.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
