AVPN: Call for Applications: beVisioneers Mentor Network

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Are you a professional looking to make a difference by supporting young planet-positive innovators? beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship launched in 2023 to equip thousands of young people around the world with the tools and resources to implement environmental projects for a sustainable planet.

Civil Society Calls for the Adoption of an Inclusive and Comprehensive ASEAN Environmental Rights Declaration in the 46th ASEAN Summit

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23 May 2025. On the occasion of the 46th ASEAN Summit on 26-27 May 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, environmental advocates and environmental human rights defenders call for the adoption of a robust and comprehensive ASEAN environmental rights (AER) declaration.

Global experts warn of eroding judicial independence amidst the rise of authoritarianism around the world

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On 21 and 22 April, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with the War Crimes Research Office (WCRO) at American University Washington College of Law, convened a high-level international conference to address the escalating challenges posed by authoritarianism to global accountability and the rule of law.

Freedom House Honors 2026 Award Recipients; Launches 85th Anniversary Campaign

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Freedom House marked the 85th anniversary of its founding in 1941, recognizing luminaries in the fight for freedom and launching “Investing in Freedom’s Future,” a major new effort to confront the deepening authoritarian challenge to democracy.

One in four jobs at risk of being transformed by GenAI, new ILO–NASK Global Index shows

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The refined global index of exposure to Generative AI offers policymakers a vital tool for managing the impact on work.

Council of Europe: Deputy Secretary General on deliberative democracy: “all voices need to be heard”

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Strasbourg 26 March 2025. Engaging in an exchange of views on “Deliberative Democracy — from “nice-to-have” to essential for thriving democracies”, Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge stressed

A Free Press x FIRE Debate on Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, but it’s already upending how we work, write, research, and learn. We’re on the cusp of a technological revolution that will completely transform the way we consume information.

EUROPEAN HUMANITARIAN FORUM 2025

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Brussels, 19-20 May #EHF2025 Recordings are available in the Programme section.

IPRI calls for an immediate cessation of unprecedented repression against Indigenous Peoples in Panama

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Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) makes an urgent call to stop the violent police raids and arbitrary arrests of indigenous leaders in the communities of the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca in Panama, which have left at least one young indigenous person seriously injured, eighty indigenous people with injuries of varying degrees....

International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026

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Biodiversity is the foundation of all life on Earth. But around the world, it is being lost at an unprecedented rate. The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026, “Acting locally for global impact".

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