A new EU law would require thousands of multinational companies, including many based in the US, to look for signs of human rights abuses in their supply chains.
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Climate change is ramping up, and with it, so is the rhetoric for action. It’s a fine line to walk between sounding the alarm and being accused of alarmism.
A lack of political will has impeded any progress on disarmament for nearly four decades.
The transitional government is determined to change its partners to fight insecurity in Mali – but results will be hard to come by.
The causes of violence in the DRC are complex. Narrowing them down to the single lens of ethnicity can be misleading.
After almost half a century, the United Nations has waded back into the murky world of water policy. But one of the ideas following this year’s international meeting has been shot down.
As conflicts last longer, the number of refugees and other displaced people is on the rise.
Calls to secede have been heard from time to time in Kenya – most often around elections.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?
Governments and activist groups are bringing environmental issues to international courts. They argue that the impact of climate change and environmental issues affect human rights.
The UN is calling for a specialized support force in Haiti, where urban gangs are terrorizing the population and people are starving. Why won’t Canada step up to help?
As the drone market continues to expand, a set of rules or standards that can help determine how they are used in warfare is needed, writes a former US diplomat.
For the first time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948.
The International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant for Putin and his children’s rights commissioner in March 2023, alleging the illegal abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children.
The UN’s resolution to recognize Nakba Day on May 15, to mark the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in 1948, helps to acknowledge past traumas but does the resolution have other implications?
Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights?
The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.
Australia’s plan to create the world’s first nature repair market is a bold move, but it could be a big part of a zero extinction Australia. So there’s every reason to give biodiversity markets a go.
When government responses to a natural disaster do not address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls, women tend to lose trust in the institutions.
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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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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
