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Artwork by Sherif Arafa.

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Under fire, but still alive

The most powerful people in this world are trying with all their might to dismantle international law. But despite all the attacks against it, it has proved to be remarkably resilient.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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Climate change

How a Malawian village is holding back floods

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by Charles Pensulo
She, too, is on the US sanctions list: Tomoko Akane, the Japanese President of the ICC.

Sanctions

The USA’s attack on international law

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Hadzabe hunters light a fire near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania.

Indigenous knowledge

How Indigenous rules can help curb wildfires

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
The ICC in The Hague in the Netherlands tries individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression.

International law

“Strengthening civil society means strengthening international law”

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by Kai Ambos
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Selmin Caliskan is calling on democratic countries to provide better protection for human-rights activists who are facing prosecution.

Transnational repression

How human rights activists are prosecuted abroad

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by Selmin Çalışkan
by D+C / E+Z
A young man is arrested during the protests in Kenya in 2024.

Rules-based world order

Whose rights does international law protect?

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by Shakira Wafula

Climate change

How a new carbon trading system could benefit Zimbabwean communities

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
Progress has been made in the fight against leprosy and malaria.

Good News

Chile eliminates leprosy, vaccinations help fight malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
For farming communities in Uganda, failed seasons can quickly become debt crises.

Climate change

When failed harvests turn into debt in Uganda

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by Cinderella Ayebare
A protester accuses China of transnational repression against people in the United Kingdom, in London in April.

Transnational repression

A global threat to human rights and their defenders

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by Philipp Frisch