By Lisa Vanhala, Professor of Political Science, UCL
Ten years after the world agreed on an historic framework for climate action, the very features that made the Paris agreement possible are now holding it back. Designed to foster cooperation, it has instead become a system for forging agreement rather than delivering change.
As world leaders head to Belém, Brazil, for “Cop30” – the 30th session of the international climate negotiations – here’s how the system broke, and how we can begin to fix it.
Back in 2015, the Paris agreement was not a foregone…
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By Daniel Moulin, Associate Professor in Philosophy and World Religions, University of Cambridge
An independent review of the national curriculum in England, commissioned by the government, has published its final report. One of the key recommendations is to work towards the addition of religious education (RE) to the curriculum. This would mean RE would have the same status as other humanities subjects for the first time.
The review recommends the creation of a “task and finish group” to devise a religious education curriculum. This would then potentially become part of the national curriculum.…
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By Guest Contributor
The ceasefire may have silenced the bombs, but it has not ended the damage to the land, the water, or the atmosphere we all share.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Migrant workers at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2024. © 2024 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Photo (Beirut) – At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not received their salaries for at least eight months, Human Rights Watch said today. The actual figure of unpaid workers could be significantly higher. The workers at the US$26 billion Mecca-based Masar redevelopment project, funded by the nearly trillion-dollar Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), resorted to work stoppages and strikes…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Turkiye’s parliament established the cross-party National Solidarity, Sisterhood/Brotherhood and Democracy Commission in August 2025. © 2025 TBMM HRW TLSP ICJ Parliamentary Commission Briefing 05112025_1.pdf (Istanbul, November 6, 2025) – A cross-party parliamentary commission in Türkiye should use its mandate to recommend concrete legal and institutional reforms that protect human rights, justice, and the rule of law for Kurds and all other communities in the country, Human Rights Watch, the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, and the…
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By Sumit Kumar Singh
A recent Supreme Court ruling exemplifies judicial efforts to ensure accountability in digital spaces where stand-up comedy and influencer content often blur humor and harm.
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By Amnesty International
European governments must act to ensure equal and universal access to abortion care in the face of ongoing restrictions and intensifying efforts to further limit access to abortion across the region, said Amnesty International in a report published today. When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe reveals how – despite hard won progress – harmful and dangerous […] The post Europe: Existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations that endanger their lives, safety and dignity, Amnesty International said today. The European Union risks complicity by maintaining cooperation on migration control […] The post Tunisia: Rampant violations against refugees and migrants expose EU’s complicity risk appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Civil society networks and private sector leaders crossed paths in the buzzing corridors of the Qatar National Convention Centre, a reminder that social development is not just debated in meetings rooms – it touches jobs, families and futures.
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By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia.
The legislation will require services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video (any with at least one million Australian subscribers) to support the production of new local drama, as well as children’s, documentary, arts and educational programming.…
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