When some of the world’s “authoritarian and repressive regimes” were elected as members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) ...

OHCHR confirms Bangladesh’s former government coordinated and committed human rights violations against its civilians in July protests.

Weekends and public holidays are deadly for one of Sri Lanka’s most delicate ecosystems – that is when the island’s 8,815 hectares of mangroves come under threat.

The climate crisis is severely endangering human well-being. While the climate security nexus is omnipresent in national security strategies and on international institutions’ agendas, political ...

Tourism is back – and stronger than ever. With 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded globally in 2024, the sector has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, signalling a recovery from its ...

The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US government’s ...

Alvaro Lario, IFAD President spoke of finding solutions in complex and uncertain global alliances, priorities and development ...

As ongoing gang violence and unrest bring down the living conditions in Haiti, humanitarian groups sound the alarm on human ...

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and a time to take stock of progress, and setbacks towards open and gender-inclusive science.

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Pakistan’s once-thriving trout fish farming industry is now on the verge of collapse due to the devastating impacts of climate change.