UN land conference opens in Mongolia to accelerate global action on restoration and resilience

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17 August 2026 Press release As land degradation, drought and water scarcity increasingly threaten food security, livelihoods and stability, UNCCD COP17 will place healthy land at the centre of human wellbeing and prosperity

INDIA: Immediately release Indigenous rights defender Pranab Doley and withdraw all fabricated charges against him

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Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE) condemns, in the strongest terms, the unlawful and unjust arrest of Indigenous rights defender Pranab Doley on 12 July 2026 in the northeastern state of Assam in India. We call on the concerned state and central authorities of India to immediately release him and drop all fabricated charges against him.

World Bank Board Destroys Trust in Its Accountability System

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"How can one trust an institution’s commitment to accountability when it undermines and overrules its own independent accountability mechanism?"

USA: New Mexico Meta ruling an important step towards safer social media for children

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Responding to a New Mexico judge’s ruling that Meta’s platform design harmed children, Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Director of Research, Justin Mazzola, said: “This verdict is an important step towards creating safer social media for children and young people..."

ActionAid; Ceuta must be a wake-up call on harmful migration policies, ActionAid warns

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ActionAid is deeply concerned by the needless loss of life following the recent events at the Spain–Morocco border in Ceuta.

New Stanford Grants Tackle AI's Impact on Global Security and Geopolitics

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Stanford HAI and the Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator back projects examining AI's role in detecting nuclear proliferation, U.S.-China competition, and political influence.

The Chinese courts – environment and climate change Working paper on 28 July, 2026

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Chinese courts have played an increasingly important role in the country’s environmental and climate governance, particularly since the emergence of environmental litigation over the past decade. Yet the position of Chinese courts in relation to other state institutions and their practical contributions are not well understood.

More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education since 2021

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NEW YORK, 14 August 2026 – More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education in the five years since the de facto authorities took power, UNICEF said today. Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is effectively closed to girls and women.

ISD: Programme case study: Extreme Dialogue

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The Extreme Dialogue programme supports educators and young people to confront the realities of hate and extremism.

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