The adequacy of the new goal aside—many campaigners and experts believe it falls far short of what is needed or fair—another important question is how to ensure that enough of the mobilized funds are used to benefit the people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developme

Under the Convention, Russia is obliged both to arrest any person suspected on good grounds of having committed, instigated or acquiesced to torture “or take other legal measures to ensure his [sic] presence”, and also to try them under criminal law which makes “these offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account their

Investigators opened the case against Vasilyev on 20 June 2024 under Criminal Code 207.3 (“Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”), Part 2, Paragraph e (“for reasons of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or for reasons of hatred or e

The government has used a range of tactics to pressure religious leaders into supporting the renewed invasion of Ukraine. These tactics include warnings to senior and local religious leaders, and prosecuting and fining religious believers and clergy who have publicly opposed the war. Similar warnings and prosecutions have been used against many Rus

Data protection, privacy, and the potential for government abuse are legitimate questions about the CTA. But legislators sought to minimize these risks while meeting law enforcement and national security imperatives. The BOIR is a secure, non-public database housed at the US Treasury Department. Treasury officials can grant access to BOIR data in r