US pausing of foreign bribery enforcement will harm global governance
11/2/2025: US President Trump has issued an order to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, pending new guidelines. Transparency International warns that this step risks undermining decades of progress in tackling cross border corruption.
Source: Transparency International
Negotiations open for UN Tax Treaty
10/2/2025: UN member states have opened discussion on a first-ever treaty on international tax cooperation. On the first day of negotiations, the US left the room but the process continued on how to end the current system that deprives governments of billions in revenue.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Trump authorizes International Criminal Court sanctions
7/2/2025: US government sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) would undermine international accountability for the worst crimes and deprive victims around the globe of justice, according to Human Rights Watch. US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that authorizes asset freezes and entry bans on ICC officials and others supporting the court’s work.
Source: Human Rights Watch
UN Rights Council launches inquiry into atrocities in Eastern DR Congo
7/2/2025: The creation of a commission of inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council demonstrates growing international recognition of the need to address impunity for past abuses in eastern Congo. Human rights groups, the UN, and the media have reported summary killings, rapes including gang rapes, looting, and unlawful forced labor and conscription.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Trump’s grotesque Gaza proposal is appalling on every level
6/2/2025: The former executive director of Human Rights Watch warns that forcibly removing people en masse from their homeland is a war crime and a crime against humanity. The US president’s plan to expel 2 million Palestinians from Gaza is mind-bogglingly outrageous.
Source: The Guardian
Ending FGM requires strengthening partnerships and advocacy
6/2/2025: Female Genital Mutilation is a practice deemed a gross violation of human rights, but which tragically persists across multiple countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In a joint statement, the heads of UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Health Organization reaffirm their commitment to work together to tackle FGM and abolish it once and for all.
Source: Inter Press Service
Climate projects face existential threat after Trump’s aid shutdown
5/2/2025: President Trump's threat to close down USAID puts at risk a major source of grant-based finance for climate action in the Global South. In 2022, US contributions accounted for 12% of developed countries’ climate finance, growing to close to half a billion dollars in 2024.
Source: Climate Home News
Trump freeze on USAID-funded climate program could worsen migration
5/2/2025: USAID’s SERVIR program, which uses NASA satellite data to help countries manage climate disasters, has been suspended. Experts say that the loss of this program in approximately 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America will not only lead to tens of thousands of deaths from extreme weather events, it will also put pressure on individuals in climate-vulnerable countries to opt for migration.
Source: Devex
The US aid freeze in data: How will UN agencies be affected?
5/2/2025: In 2023, the US provided $13 billion of $67.6 billion of total worldwide support to the UN On Jan. 24, the US government announced that it would send stop-work letters to all recipients of USAID funding, which includes most UN agencies. A UN survey reveals which agencies are most affected.
Source: Devex
Trump purges climate mentions from websites
4/2/2025: Donald Trump’s administration has started to remove or downgrade mentions of the climate crisis across several major departments of the US government. Critics say the actions will stifle the public’s understanding of the climate crisis.
Source: The Guardian