Global March statement on 2024 Global Estimates on Child Labour released by UNICEF and ILO

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Date: June 12, 2025 The Global March Against Child Labour welcomes the latest global estimates released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. According to the report, the number of children in child labour has declined from 160 million in 2021 to approximately 138 million in 2024, including 54 million in hazardous work.

World Justice Forum 2025

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Standing Up for the Rule of Law Warsaw, Poland 23-26 June 2025

Global Coalition for Social Justice “Social justice is not an ethereal ideal, but a concrete necessity” says Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader

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Addressing the opening session of the annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, Luis Abinader highlighted the importance of social justice for sustainable development. 13 June 2025

"We Need the Next 8 Days to Deliver Concrete Progress" - UN Climate Chief at SB62

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Below are remarks delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell following the adoption of the agenda at the UN June Climate Meetings, Sixty-second session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62), in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday 17 June 2025.

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Joint Statement by the Secretary-General of the EEAS, Belén Martínez Carbonell and the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten

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On this International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we reaffirm our unwavering solidarity and determination to uphold international obligations and work towards ending sexual violence in all its forms. Through this collective commitment, we can advance towards building a safer, more just, and equitable world for all.

UN Recognition of the International Day of Deafblindness

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The United Nations officially recognised June 27th as the International Day of Deafblindness. The WFD has supported the hard advocacy work of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB). We celebrate this new recognition of deafblind people who are part of deaf communities around the world.

The Discourse on Existential Risks of Artificial Intelligence

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Between Panic and Acceleration – Between Money and Narratives (Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom)

Unveiling the digital rights check: Safeguarding human rights in digital transformation

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The Danish Institute for Human Rights and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) are introducing a tool to identify and assess human rights risks within digital development.

The real fertility crisis: The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world

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Millions of people around the world are unable to have the number of children they want – whether they want more, fewer, or none at all. Recently, fertility declines are making headlines, with women all too often blamed for these demographic shifts. Some governments are employing drastic measures to incentivize young people to make fertility decisions in line with national targets. UNFPA

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