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Separation of powers
Maryam S. Khan

Ambiguous ambitions

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

Legal and judicial systems
Lothar Jahn

Lawyers for the poor

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

Civil society
Helene Wolf

Global reach

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

Media
Abdou Lo

Severe sentence

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

Genocide
Floreana Miesen

Protection from atrocities

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

South Asia
Bettina Meier

Still estranged

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

Expert opinion
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Four norms

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

High-Level Panel report
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New partnership

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

Civil society
Mareike Forchheim

Mutual understanding

More exchange in academia, the arts and sports might boost mutual understanding among Iran and the west

Debt relief
Sandra Abild

Historical model

Debt report by German NGOs reconsiders West German past and assesses current risks in developing world

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies
How GDP statistics are misleading
Growth, green growth or degrowth?

Gender Equality

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

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Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence
Human rights for all
Kenya debates decriminalising suicide to address mental health

Governance

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

What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods

Sustainability

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

What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Persistent flooding in Burundi threatens lives and livelihoods