UN: Costa Rica, UK to push for long-overdue reform of NGO approvals
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a little-known but powerful United Nations body, is crippled by politics and failing to carry…
Geographical Coverage: UN
GFMD’s efforts around the Summit of the Future
Freedom of expression, media freedom, and access to information are fundamental to achieving the entirety of the Sustainable Development Goals:…
Sahel Human Development Report 2023
Sustainable energy could regenerate Africa’s Sahelian zone by using the region’s abundant clean energy potential to transform lives, diversify economies,…
A United Nations Special Rapporteur on Democracy
Encouraged by support for a new mandate to be established by the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) of a UN…
New protester arrests, intensified surveillance, UN tug-of-war
In this issue: Hong Kong police arrest peaceful National Day and Mid-autumn Festival protesters, new convictions for “sedition,” increased surveillance…
The UN Convention Against Corruption COSP10 Must Strengthen Enforcement of Anti-Corruption Laws and Allow More Civil Society Participation
Marking the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the tenth session of its Conference of…
Human Rights Council in 2023
What were the main developments, achievements and flash-points at the Human Rights Council in 2023? What were the Council’s principle…
Civic Freedoms & the Sustainable Development Goals
In this 2018 report to the UN General Assembly (A/73/279), UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule examines the linkages between…