International

A bill proposed in Ecuador by the Ombudsman provides for the regulation of medically assisted reproduction, in which surrogacy is permitted. Bernard Garcia, a Franco-Chilean doctor of law and executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, was invited by the NGO…

September 18, 2025 — The United States once again vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, drawing widespread condemnation and sparking protests outside UN headquarters in Manhattan. The resolution, co-sponsored by…

“The continents are drying, freshwater availability is shrinking, and sea level rise is accelerating… Combined, they send perhaps the direst message on the impact of climate change to date.” (Unprecedented Continental Drying study, see below) Human-generated climate change, the result…

At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide. There is only one treaty in the world that, despite…

September 2025 — A coalition of activists has launched an urgent international campaign demanding that governments support a UN-mandated multinational armed protective force to halt what they describe as Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The campaign, coordinated by…

By invoking United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 (also known as the Union for Peace), passed on November 3, 1950. This resolution empowers the UN General Assembly to take action if the UN Security Council fails to do so due…

Following several calls to withdraw from the Tour of Spain due to the safety risks associated with pro-Palestinian protests during the race, the Israel Premier Tech cycling team, led by Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams, decided last week-end, before the start,…

Making demands for basic moral actions of governments unlikely to do most of them anytime soon can be a useful educational and long-term activity. Here are some demands for governments of the world that many of us have been making,…

The recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, often portrayed in headlines through images of missiles and military parades, carries a deeper and more enduring significance. Beyond the choreography of power lies an attempt to question the…

Energy that is hailed as clean demands a vital resource that is missing: water. The world applauds green hydrogen as the clean energy that will save the planet. It is sold as the invisible gold of the twenty-first century. But…