A UN groundbreaking report published in 1982 laid the legal ground for defining the inalienable rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The UN’s proposed plans for restructuring the world body, currently under discussion at the highest echelons of the Secretariat, have provoked a protest from the UN Staff Union (UNSU) in New York ...

National and local elections can demonstrate the strengths and vulnerabilities that can be exploited as AI is used to influence voters.

Jesselina Rana is the UN Advisor at CIVICUS’s New York office. Mandeep S. Tiwana is Interim Co-Secretary General of CIVICUS, ...

Bhuwan Ribhu didn’t plan to become a child rights activist. But when he saw how many children in India were trafficked he knew he couldn’t stay silent.

US President Donald Trump has deliberately sown discord worldwide in attempting to remake the world to serve supposed American interests better. He will not cede influence, let alone power and control ...

Although the United States has the highest healthcare costs per capita among developed countries, it does poorly compared to other developed countries on the vital issues of life and death ...

Global press freedom is at a “critical moment,” as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an ...

The US State Department, in a wide-ranging political re-structuring of its policies, will eliminate 132 domestic offices, lay ...

The 3rd LDC Future Forum, held from April 1-3, 2025, in Zambia, brought together global leaders, policymakers, and experts to address the urgent need for resilience in the world’s 44 Least Developed ...

Many African countries are perceived as a credit and investment risk. As a result, they are paying higher borrowing costs than developed countries.

After over two years of extended warfare in Sudan, humanitarian organizations have expressed fears of an imminent collapse as ...