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Reuters

The other refugee crisis

Amid economic collapse and political unrest, Latin America has to deal with the largest refugee crisis in its history

Reuters

In search of the truth

The signing of Nepal’s constitution may have ended a period of political transition, but peace and justice are still elusive

By Yubaraj Ghimire

Reuters

Human rights, interrupted

Arabs are thirsting for democracy and social justice. So why are human rights viewed with such hostility in the Arab world?

By Mohamed Adel Mtimet

Reuters

The impossible principle of equality

Israeli sociologist Natan Sznaider on the nation-state law and one-state solution

By Natan Sznaider

EPA

Trump’s battle against civil rights

The US president is systematically rolling back Obama’s policies, but a growing resistance led by women is up for the fight

By Lecia Brooks

EPA

The world is an UN-holy mess

When Germany takes its seat on the UN Security Council, the country must save and expand the UN Charter. Three proposals

By Michael von der Schulenburg

Pexels

Home is where the heart Is

Governments need to seriously reassess housing policy if they are to tackle entrenched inequality and exclusion

By Wanda Wyporska

EPA

The globalisation of anti-gender campaigns

Transnational anti-gender movements in Europe and Latin America create unlikely alliances

By Sonia Corrêa and David Paternotte and Roman Kuhar

UNHCR

‘When resources are scarce, you can only be generous for a while’

UNHCR’s Mireille Girard talks about Lebanon’s effort to host Syrian refugees and the need for continued global support

By Mireille Girard

EPA

‘A decade’s worth of frustration’ in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, resistance is raging against the authoritarian system of the one-time freedom fighters