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In brief
Democracy
Claudia Isabel Rittel

New start in Iraq

Democracy: New start in Iraq

NATO
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Afghanistan at a crossroads

NATO: Afghanistan at a crossroads

Human rights
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Global justice presses on

War crimes increasingly prosecuted internationally

Health
Eleonore von Bothmer

Global lack of medical doctors

Lack of health professionals is a global challenge

Global financial crisis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Criticism of G20 crisis management

Criticism of G20 crisis management

Rule of law
Jonas Wollenhaupt

For office holders’ to be held accountable

For office holders’ to be held accountable

Civil war

Surprising turn of events in Kivu provinces

Surprising turn of events in Democratic Republic of Congo

Failure of justice
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Violence with impunity in Gujarat

Indian legal scholars bemoan impunity of Gujarat progroms

Amazon
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Brazil’s Supreme Court rules in favour of indigenous people

Brazil’s Supreme Court strengthens the rights of indigenous people

Arms trade
Jonas Wollenhaupt

New EU laws for exporting arms

German churches want EU guidelines on arms exports enforced fast

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges