This report maps existing measures to implement the UNGPs in Latin America to inform discussions on whether mandatory human rights due diligence legislation is needed, and to highlight opportunities, gaps, and challenges such legislation would need to respond to.

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature has today convened the inception workshop for its new project, "Solutions to Reduce Plastic Pollution Affecting Marine Biodiversity and Sensitive Coastal Ecosystems: Samoa, Vanuatu & Tonga", marking a significant step forward in regional efforts to address the growing marine plastic crisis.

(Brussels) – Malaysia’s Sarawak state has failed to protect an Indigenous community from a timber company that logged without the community’s consent and seeks to remove them from their land, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

5 May 2025 Under the global theme “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media”, UNESCO marked World Press Freedom Day 2025 with a celebration on 5 May.