1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (12+ words) Repressive states secure most seats on UN's NGO Committee'Democracy Without Borders...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (218+ words) In their new annual assessment, Freedom House based in Washington D. C. announced a global decline in freedom scores in 2025, marking a 20th consecutive year of overall deterioration." According to the report released last week, civil rights and political liberties declined in 54 countries…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (379+ words) In a world dominated by great powers, the UN human rights system still has one last lifeline: strength in numbers, writes Rapha'l Viana David, human rights advocate at the International Service for Human Rights. Meanwhile, rich, rights-averse states like China,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1106+ words) On this page we outline shared challenges in an interdependent" world, explain the dilemmas of international cooperation and sketch a new global vision. Order printed copies of our educational brochure for your school, course, or workshop in English here. Governments…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (162+ words) Democracy Without Borders The Human Rights Foundation has launched an index that classifies countries and territories as democratic, hybrid authoritarian, or fully authoritarian. HRF describes the new "Tyranny Tracker" as a tool to understand where the world's governments and regimes…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (400+ words) We live in a world where the problems that impact our lives the most increasingly do not start and stop at our country's borders. Pandemics don't. Climate change doesn't. Conflict, inequality, and financial crises don't either. Our world is too…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (285+ words) In this global trend away from freedom, authoritarian populists have implemented a common playbook to polarize politics, punish independent media and civil society, undermine judicial independence, purge neutral watchdog institutions, politicize the civil service and security apparatus, and weaponize the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (489+ words) A new global survey delivers a message that policymakers and institutions can no longer afford to ignore: people across the world are ready to discuss the idea of a democratically elected World Parliament and many already support it. They are…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (181+ words) The cuts are a serious blow to the global human rights system ISHR argues the decision will undermine the UN's ability to investigate abuses and protect vulnerable communities. The organizations's Programme Manager Raphael Viana David warned that the cuts "make…...