Inequality and Deliberation 2025 – UZH hosts Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies

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On 23 to 27 June 2025, the University of Zurich (UZH) in collaboration with the University of Canberra (UC) hosted the 11th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies and 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School. The event brought together leading international scholars and early-career researchers to explore pressing issues at the intersection of inequality and deliberative democracy.

The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP): 15 Years: Lesson 3: Trust is Key

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The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) works with communities across the US and Canada to decide together how to best spend public money. We create and support participatory budgeting (PB) processes that deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective.

IDS: The tax era of develOpment financing

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At the UN’s upcoming Financing for Development (FfD4) conference in Spain, commitment to strengthening taxation is crucial.

[Joint Statement] PHILIPPINES: Rights groups condemn brutal killing of human rights defender Ali Macalintal

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BANGKOK, Thailand (26 June 2025) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, and KARAPATAN strongly condemn the fatal shooting of Filipino human rights defender Ali Macalintal in General Santos City on 23 June 2025.

FAO Director-General urges hope, collective action and genuine multilateralism

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At the 44th Session of FAO Conference, QU Dongyu stresses the need to move beyond rhetoric to nourish people, protect the planet, and empower communities

UNV 2024 Annual Report

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The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) offers people opportunities to volunteer across the three pillars of the United Nations (UN): development, peace and security, and human rights.

Meet the RRI Collective Action Award Winners

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Meet the RRI Collective Action Award WinnersRights and Resources Initiative.These are the three communities that are leading global efforts to protect nature and preserve traditional knowledge for future generations.

RRI 20th Anniversary Celebration Livestream

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The RRI Coalition is formed by a group of 21 core Partners who work in areas of their regional and thematic expertise. Click on a partner to learn more.At our celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 30, we will connect leaders from rights-holders’ movements across the world, showcase their achievement and take stock of current and anticipated challenges facing global action for community rights.

BEHIND THE BADGE: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES, REACH, AND RISKS OF FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION IN UN CLIMATE TALKS

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"New research from Transparency International shows that in that same year, a total of 339 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited as official national negotiators at COP29, while another 867 accessed closed-door talks using government issued badges – many without disclosing their affiliations" FROM CLIMATE HOME NEWS

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