This is the category for the weekly published Director’s opinion posts.
The only two atomic bombings in history struck Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945, Hiroshima, a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants, was almost completely destroyed on August 6 in the first use of a nuclear bomb against humans.…
July 24, 2025 will undoubtedly be remembered in history books, much like December 12, 2015 — the date on which the Paris Agreement was adopted under the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). That agreement, which entered…
The 2025 Annual Report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) offers a rather grim outlook on the global human rights situation. It addresses the systematic violations and humanitarian crises affecting over 100 countries, showing how, instead of improving, the human rights…
In a time of growing polarization and increasingly extreme rhetoric, it is urgent to recall some basic truths about how our democracies function—and the role of law within them. This is especially crucial when dealing with a topic as sensitive…
The recent conclusion of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (Seville, Spain, 30 June–3 July 2025) marks a significant moment in the human rights agenda. The summit concluded with the signing of the Seville Commitment, which proposes new…