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The Housing Crisis Finds Its Road Map
That declaration carried political weight precisely because it was contested. In many wealthy countries, housing had been treated primarily as an investment asset, a source…
Haiti Takes a Step Towards Justice
OHCHR spokesperson Marta Hurtado stressed that for the units to succeed they must be genuinely independent, both institutionally and individually, and that the safety of…
Fields of Despair: How a Distant War Is Starving Myanmar’s Farmers
Myanmar was once the world’s rice bowl. Before the second world war it exported more of the staple than any other nation on earth. Decades…
Banning Children from Social Media Is Not Enough, the UN Warns
Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the harms children face in digital spaces were not inevitable but the result of deliberate…
The UN Honours Its Blue Helmets and Calls for Renewed Investment in Peace
Secretary-General António Guterres described peacekeeping as a proven and cost-effective tool for stabilising conflicts, protecting civilians and supporting political solutions. He paid tribute to the…
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence More Than Doubled in 2025
The report notes that non-state armed groups, including organised criminal networks, continued to use sexual violence to exert control over communities and resource-rich territory, while…
Belgium Cannot Apologize Its Way Out of Colonial Justice
The organisations now call on Belgium to implement the judgment promptly, refrain from further delay, and adopt a comprehensive reparations framework for all Métis people…
Football’s Finest Take Up the Baton for Human Rights
The initiative, known as Football for the Goals, was launched in 2022 when UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed observed that football carries a powerful…
Counting What Counts
A report released this month by an expert group appointed by the UN Secretary-General proposes a dashboard of 31 alternative indicators for measuring economic progress.…
Children in the Data Machine
A class action lawsuit filed in the Netherlands this week has put the American technology company AppLovin in the dock over allegations that it has…
Stars of Displacement: UNHCR Fields A Team of Footballers Forged by Forced Flight
Ahead of the World Cup, the UN refugee agency assembles a squad of professional players whose lives were shaped by war and persecution
The World in Brief: A Fragile Economy, A starving Gaza and Violence from South Sudan to San Diego
Geopolitical tensions displace trade disputes as the leading threat to global stability, while humanitarian crises deepen and attacks on civilians multiply
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