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The Veto May be the Weapon of Elimination in the Election of Next UN Chief

The Security Council armed with veto powers. Credit: UN... More >>

From Pledges to Proof: UN Biodiversity Meeting Begins First Global Review of Nature Action

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 Implementation (SBI-6) of... More >>

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 town, to buy the fruit she... 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

Next UN Secretary-General Should Champion Human Rights More >>

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 refugees in a sprawling... More >>