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Global Governance

Misguided criticism

Criticism of International Criminal Court being too focussed on Africa is misleading

Teenage pregnancy

Right to childhood

The long term impacts of teenage pregnancies on girls and society

Separation of powers

Ambiguous ambitions

Pakistan's Supreme Court must protect fundamental rights without overstepping its jurisdiction

Legal and judicial systems

Lawyers for the poor

Legal and judicial reform is important, but must fit needs of country concerned

Civil society

Global reach

International civil-society organisations face major challenges – and we can support them

Media

Severe sentence

A recent judgement shows that the freedom of the press cannot be taken for granted in Senegal

Genocide

Protection from atrocities

Donors’ governments have difficulties assuming the UN defined Responsibility to Protect

South Asia

Still estranged

Sri Lanka's civil war is over, but the government is acting in an increasingly authoritarian manner

Expert opinion

Four norms

The UN experts' network SDSN demands global goals for sustainable development

High-Level Panel report

New partnership

High-Level Panel calls for new global UN development agenda and an end to poverty by 2030

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Sustainability

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