A justice system turned upside down: protesters face decades-long sentences while an agent who killed Renée Good, an unarmed female activist, walks free. …
CIVICUS discusses the current wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa with Ashley Green-Thompson, Director of ACT Ubumbano, a network of Southern African and…
As federal agents raid anti-ICE protesters and a voting rights group and the administration targets critics, CIVICUS warns of an increasing assault on US civic space. Johannesburg, 19 June 2026 — CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, is…
In April 2026, 15 communicators, journalists, activists and civil society advocates from Asia gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, for the Communicators for Civic Action Asia…
By Susan Marx, Chief Programmmes Officer The World Cup, the globe’s biggest sporting event, is on our doorstep. Spain opened its campaign against Cape…
CIVICUS discusses Greece's social media ban with a member of the Child Rights International Network (CRIN), an international human rights organisation that works to…
On his 49th birthday, his fifth while arbitrarily detained, we, the undersigned organisations and individuals, stand in solidarity with human rights defender Khurram Parvez.…
CIVICUS discusses Ghana's anti-LGBTQI+ law with Leila Lariba, Executive Director of One Love Sisters Ghana, a community-driven organisation that advances human rights, social inclusion…
Statement at the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Delivered by Olimjon…
CIVICUS condemns the inadequate and unjust sentences by the military for the acid attack on human rights defender Andrie Yunus. The global civil society…
CIVICUS discusses the importance of volunteering with Nichole Cirillo, Executive Director of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), a global civil society organisation…
Sixty-second (62nd) Session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June to 10 July 2026) Overview Structural Challenges at the Human Rights Council Thematic…
CIVICUS speaks with Claire McGuire, Manager of Policy and Advocacy at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), about the role of…
CIVICUS discusses the Gen Z-led protests that ousted an autocratic government in Bangladesh with Tasfia Tarannum Ridita, a student activist with Transcend, an organisation…
CIVICUS discusses Senegal's anti-LGBTQI+ law with an anonymous member of a gender diverse and trans community network established in June 2020 to support LGBTQI+…
By Trisha Alexis De Leon Recent global crises have magnified the gaps in the global development architecture—deficits which especially impacted under-represented and marginalised communities,…
CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that organises to…
CIVICUS discusses open data governance and AI with Natalia Carfi, executive director of the Open Data Charter, a global civil society organisation that promotes…
CIVICUS discusses the outlook ahead of Peru's runoff presidential election with David Hidalgo, journalist and executive director of OjoPúblico, a Peruvian digital investigative journalism…
CIVICUS discusses North Macedonia's 2025 series of protests with Viktor Buchkovski, a lawyer and coordinator at the Health Education and Research Association and co-founder…
CIVICUS discusses Mexico's Gen Z-led November 2025 protests with Rafael Amézquita Castellanos, a lawyer and young activist from Guadalajara. The protests marked Gen Z's…
CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in Togo with Ahouefa Sossou, a human rights defender, lawyer and member of the Centre for Documentation and Training…
CIVICUS discusses the Women on Waves campaign to expand access to abortion with Dr Natalie Psaila Stabile, a reproductive rights advocate and member of…
CIVICUS discusses anti-war protests in Japan with Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo and a leading analyst of Japan's…
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, along with the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Front Line Defenders calls on the…
CIVICUS discusses civic space repression under military rule in Niger with a political analyst with decades of experience in human rights advocacy, who has…
CIVICUS discusses Lebanon's postponed parliamentary election with Dayana El Baba, Executive Director of the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE), a secular civil society…
Read in Arabic We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the continued detention of Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei. We call for his…
CIVICUS discusses Togo's Gen Z-led protests with Esso-Dong Kongah, a young Togolese lawyer and human rights defender who took part in the protests. Togo…
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