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The OMCT report was published in February 2022.

Rule of law

Covid-19 and human rights

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by Jane Escher
Group of women participating in a skills building session.

Women’s rights

Partnering with women’s groups can curb gender violence

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by Glory Makena
by Brianna Guidorzi
Closing ceremony of the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Sports

“Disabled sports are indispensable”

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by Friedhelm Julius Beucher
by Jörg Döbereiner
In spite of some recent agreements, the WTO does not seem revitalised: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO director general during a press conference in Geneva in June.

International trade

The WTO has not collapsed, but it does look shaky

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
by Hans Dembowski
“The unequal distribution of medical supplies was frustrating”: South African nurses in 2021.

World economy

Multilateral order faces toughest test since World War II

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by José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate
Attending a World Disability Day rally in Dhaka on 3 December 2021.

Social inclusion

Children with disabilities deserve to be encouraged

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by Sharlin Akther
In 2019, protestors wanted the UN Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to keep working.

Mental health

Mental health can be strengthened

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by Vilma Duque
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Small-scale farmer in Zimbabwe.

Food security

“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Hans Dembowski
by Jörg Döbereiner
Survivor in devastated Barpak in 2015.

Disaster relief and reconstruction

Trauma lingers on seven years after Gorkha earthquake

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
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