human rights

As elections in Delhi draw near, political parties take to anti-immigrant rhetoric and penal action.

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The Myanmar civil war is precariously poised and much depends on China to stabilise the situation.

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By his own words, the “time has come” for a conversation over Britain’s involvement in the slave trade as King Charles meets Commonwealth leaders in Samoa.

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The Responsibility to Protect was supposed to ensure states care for their people — or else. In Gaza, this hard-won principle lies in tatters.

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The Israel-Gaza conflict has spiralled out of control.

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A new UN doctrine was supposed prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes. It never worked.

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The Pakistani standoff aside, the Indian government must go beyond ensuring only procedural democracy in the Kashmir Valley.

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Progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals has stagnated. This month’s summit aims to forge a new global consensus on how to secure our future.

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Fifty million people worldwide are trapped in modern slavery, more than half of them in the Asia-Pacific. New laws are forcing greater efforts to stamp it out.

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A crisis affecting 50 million people around the world is coming into clearer view.

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Indonesia’s child marriage rate remains high, driven by poverty and tradition. Preventing it means dealing with its deep cultural and socio-economic roots.

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