‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day

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21 March 2025 Human Rights The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, calling on the global community to uphold its shared responsibility to combat racism in all its forms.

OXFAM: Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis

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Published: 19th March 2025 Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water. Globally, flash floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022

International Day of Forests | 21 March

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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.

Resilience and Resistance Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and Local Community Women's Statutory Rights to Community Forests

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Author: Rights and Resources Initiative Date: March 11, 2025. This report provides a critical update to the 2017 Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) analysis Power and Potential.It evaluates the extent to which national laws, as of 2024, recognize the specific community forest rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community women.

FIDH: Brutal repression of retirees’ protest in Argentina

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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its deep concern over the intense repression in Argentina. It denounces the disproportionate use of police force by the Javier Milei government against peaceful protesters demonstrating in defense of the rights of retirees and pensioners on March 12.

Sabin Center Climate Litigation Newsletter: MARCH 2025

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The new newsletter will be sent twice a month and will be dedicated to covering the Sabin Center's climate litigation work, including the latest updates to the climate litigation databases, litigation-focused blog posts and other publications, and highlights from the Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation.

Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025

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The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 is set to take place from March 16–21, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil.

LSE: Unchaining Venezuela: a struggle for democracy

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Thursday 20 March 2025 7.00pm to 8.30pm Hosted by the School of Public Policy and LSESU Spanish Society. Join us for a public event with Leopoldo López, political leader in Venezuela and prominent advocate for democracy.

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