By Amnesty International
Côte d’Ivoire’s next president must seize the opportunity of their mandate to prioritize the human rights of everyone in the country, Amnesty International said as it launched a manifesto setting out six key priorities for the next administration. The official list of candidates for the 25 October election was published on 9 September. “Over the […] The post Côte d’Ivoire: Next president must tackle urgent human rights issues appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image In Paksong district of Saravane province, Laos, a clearance technician from Norwegian People’s Aid uses a GPS device to record the coordinates of cluster munition remnants in a rice field where 178 BLU-26 submunitions were found. © 2025 Norwegian People's Aid Countries that are not party to the treaty banning cluster munitions, including Russia and Ukraine, continued to use cluster munitions in 2024 and 2025, and Lithuania became the first country ever to withdraw from the treaty.Although the number of annual casualties from cluster munitions has decreased substantially…
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By Jo Carter
The acceptance of the need for girls to fight against “Nos” in society will likely have an impact on the development of feminism in Japan.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A protester holds a placard reading in Swahili "return (General) Gasita we didn't want!" as others gesture towards a Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forces soldier during a demonstration in Uvira on September 8, 2025. © 2025 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Congolese military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians in Uvira, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.The militias known as Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili) are allied with the Congolese army and oppose…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A new report by Human Rights Watch documents attacks by all the warring parties in Yemen on journalists. An attack on a media center in Sanaa, the capital, by Israeli forces on September 10, is one more example of the danger for media workers in Yemen. The attack was one of several that Israeli forces carried out on Sanaa and Al-Jawf that day, which killed at least 35 people, including journalists, and injured dozens more, according to the Houthi’s Ministry of Health.The building housed both the Houthi’s media headquarters and the offices of two newspapers. Mohammed…
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By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
The new treaty will recognise PNG as a nation that makes its own strategic decisions, and ensure Australia is a partner that shows up and stays the course.
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By Andrew B. Watkins, Associate Research Scientist in Climate Science, Monash University
Lucas Walsh, Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
Tas van Ommen, Adjunct Professor in Climate Science, University of Tasmania
The sobering assessment is a national call to action. The sooner Australia mitigates and adapts, the safer we will be.
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By Johanna Nalau, Associate Professor in Climate Adaptation, Griffith University
Mark Howden, Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
There’s a chilling line in Australia’s new climate adaptation plan:
It is prudent to plan for global warming levels of 2°C to 3°C by the end of this century, with temperatures in Australia likely to track higher than the global average.
Australia is already adapting to the existing 1.3°C of…
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By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne
The need to better protect consumers was raised years ago in the banking royal commission. So why does it feel like we are back here again?
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By Jenny Gordon, Honorary Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
In 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would measure what matters to the wellbeing of Australians as a complement to the traditional economic measures in the national accounts.
The purpose of the report, called Measuring What Matters, is to help us understand whether the lives of Australians are improving or deteriorating. It measures more than economic output, such as gross domestic product (GDP).
Measuring What Matters has five wellbeing themes – healthy, secure, sustainable,…
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