Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy
3/10/2025: Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than ever before, according to a new report. Climate litigation has evolved into a powerful global tool for advancing climate action, covering virtually all aspects of climate governance.
Source: UN Environment Programme
Mali’s blocked transition: five years of deepening authoritarianism
3/10/2025: The military junta has dismantled Mali’s democratic foundations, five years after seizing power with promises of swift reform. Instead, sweeping decrees have outlawed political parties and dissolved all organised opposition. Civil society groups and independent media have been largely silenced.
Source: Inter Press Service
Vendetta in Democratic Republic of Congo
1/10/2025: A Congolese military court’s conviction and death sentence imposed on former President Joseph Kabila, for charges ranging from treason to war crimes, pose a threat to both the rule of law and the country’s democratic future. The military court tried Kabila in absentia and without defense counsel, in violation of the right to a fair trial under international human rights law.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Nuclear testing threats are returning, warns UN chief
30/9/2025: As rumours grow that the unpredictable Trump administration is contemplating a resumption of nuclear tests, the UN Secretary-General has called on every State to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. This would end once and for all the enduring harm of poisoned lands and chronic illness caused by tests.
Source: Inter Press Service
Time to build a better system for food aid
30/9/2025: Despite decades of international commitments to reduce global hunger, projections show that progress has stalled. We need to move away from the outdated and inefficient approach to emergency food aid, and toward more anticipatory, collaborative, and resilient local food systems.
Source: Devex
UN appeals to all parties to commit to US Gaza peace plan
30/9/2025: The UN Secretary-General has acknowledged the important role played by Arab and Muslim States in creating a peace proposal for Gaza that has been accepted by Israel. Unfettered humanitarian access across Gaza will depend on support from all parties.
Source: UN News
Rohingya repatriation ‘catastrophic’ under existing conditions in Myanmar
29/9/2025: Amnesty International has warned against premature decisions to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State are unsafe for return, due to forced labour, food and health crises, and escalating armed conflict.
Source: Amnesty International
UN ends high-level week with calls for action on peace, climate and UN reform
29/9/2025: At the close of its 80th session, UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock called on nations to convert the week’s momentum into concrete action. She invoked the UN’s founding in the wake of World War Two and its mission “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”
Source: UN News
Supreme court rules that Trump can let foreign aid expire
27/9/2025: The US Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order that the Trump administration should honour a commitment to $10.5 billion in foreign aid funding set to expire on Sept. 30. The high-stakes case sheds light on how much power the executive branch has over government spending, which is typically the purview of Congress.
Source: Devex
Progress assessment towards food and agriculture SDG indicators
25/9/2025 A new report assesses progress on food-related indicators spanning the Sustainable Development Goals. The world is close to achieving one-quarter of the relevant targets, while another quarter remains far or very far from completion. An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population may have faced hunger in 2024.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization