Ford Foundation Announces Heather Gerken as New President

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Jul
NEW YORK (July 1, 2025) – Today, Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, chair of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation, announced that Heather Gerken will become the 11th president of the Ford Foundation in November of 2025, succeeding Darren Walker. Gerken is the current dean of Yale Law School and a nationally recognized expert on constitutional law and democracy.
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FORUM ASIA: Defending in Numbers 2023-2024: Reclaiming Civic Space, Unbroken Voices

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Jul
From judicial harassment and transnational repression to digital censorship and violent crackdowns, HRDs have faced mounting risks to their lives, liberties, and livelihoods. Defending in Numbers 2023 to 2024 sheds light on this troubling landscape, documenting 1,577 cases of harassment across 23 countries.
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International Idea: Youth Engagement,Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Jul
This Guide is aimed at parliamentary staff and Members of Parliament (MPs) who want to learn more about engaging young people in parliamentary business. We use a wide range of examples from parliaments across the world to indicate how to design, deliver and evaluate meaningful youth engagement activities.
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Global trends in climate change litigation: 2025 snapshot (Grantham Research Institute)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Jul
This report focuses on key trends and evolutions in global climate change litigation from the calendar year 2024, while also highlighting important new developments through to May 2025.
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SEI: With expert tips from Eda Erdem and Marta Vieira da Silva.

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Jul
SEI researchers seek abstracts from interested researchers and agents for two sessions at the 2025 American Geophysical Union annual meeting (AGU25) on 15–19 December in New Orleans, LA.
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How to keep girls playing sport (UN WOMEN)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Jul
With expert tips from Eda Erdem and Marta Vieira da Silva.
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CPJ: Mob attacks Indian journalist covering reports of illegal construction in Maharashtra

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Submitted by 21Jul
New Delhi, July 15, 2025—Authorities in India’s western state of Maharashtra must bring all of journalist Sneha Barwe’s attackers to justice and take decisive steps to ensure press members can safely do their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
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Building resilience together: Santiago network deepens engagement and showcases progress at June Climate Meetings

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Jul
At this year’s June Climate Meetings (SB 62) in Bonn, Germany, the Santiago network Secretariat, led by Director Carolina Fuentes Castellanos, demonstrated its commitment to turning global commitments into concrete action.
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Urges States to Review Investor–State Dispute Settlement for Climate Action

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Submitted by 18Jul
10 takeaways for investment policy-makers A landmark opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on "the climate emergency and human rights" underlines that the investor–state dispute settlement model threatens climate action and urges governments to review their investment treaties.
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The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 18Jul
The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition is the only global moot court competition explicitly dedicated to human rights. It is co-organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, the Academy on Human Rights, Washington College of Law, American University, and the United Nations Human Rights Council Branch (HRCB), at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
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