CIVICUS speaks with Ramón Zamora, son of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, about restrictions on press freedom and the ...

Hearings on states' legal obligations to combat climate wrapped up today at the International Court of Justice. An opinion is ...

Planet Earth is drying up, relentlessly. Over three-quarters of all lands have become permanently drier in the last three decades. This is not jut a statistic but a stark scientific fact. But while ...

The UNCCD COP16 concluded with a renewed focus on building drought resilience globally, but failed to agree on bringing a legally binding drought protocol.

Biological diversity is on the decline worldwide, and current approaches to address its loss have been piecemeal and ...

Detained without trial by the Asad regime for over three years for treating "terrorists," Alaa al-Khalil, a nurse, recounts her traumatic experiences.

For decades, preventable deaths, lifelong disabilities, and disfigurements presented devastating consequences for over 90% of ...

The new geopolitics after the first Cold War undermines peace, sustainability, and human development. Hegemonic priorities continue to threaten humanity’s well-being and prospects for progress. End of ...

Sixty-four days of unrelenting war machine by Israel against Lebanon put my entire beliefs and ethos to a painful test: my sincerity in promoting social justice, human rights, integrity, patriotism, ...

From increased pests and diseases to lower crop yields and extreme weather events, the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture in Africa cannot be overstated. Climate shocks will present ...

This piece is not about the crisis or the chaos that the country is now facing after successfully toppling the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. Rather, it is about the crisis of confidence and ...

An ECW’s high-level delegation saw firsthand the devastating effects on education of the deadly three-year conflict in the ...