Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development
Press Releases / #human rights
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Renewing the momentum for rights-based poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Eradicating poverty in all its forms is one of the most pressing development challenges across Asia and the Pacific. While the region has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
More than 160 million people risk being trapped between crisis and recovery, UNDP warns
UNDP launches new Crisis Action Agenda calling for development investment from day one to help people recover faster …
From girls’ education to women’s leadership, learn why safe, clean, and accessible water and sanitation are essential to …
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UNHCR and UNDP launch new partnership to advance inclusion, solutions for people forced to flee
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new four-year partnership to …
All #human rights Press Releases
21 May 2026
Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)
NGOs launch new tool to help financial institutions address deforestation and human rights risks
25 March 2026
11 March 2026
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
19 January 2026
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
How climate change is threatening human rights
9 January 2026
4 January 2026
15 December 2025
14 October 2025
6 October 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
15 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Record military spending threatens global peace and development, UN warns
2 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Catalysts for change: The rising impact of national human rights institutions
25 August 2025
16 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Overcoming the past: Cambodia's push for universal civil registration
8 April 2025
Most popular
-
![RSPO_Conference_Palm_Oil_Farmer]()
News / Manufacturing
‘We all need to do better’: Indonesia’s fires test the credibility of sustainable palm oil
With 1.9 million hectares affected by fires in Indonesia, the palm oil industry faces questions over what sustainability … -
![.United States President Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally]()
News / Policy & Finance
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited … -
![COP31_Simon Stiell]()
News / Policy & Finance
Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called … -
![Singapore's Central Business District At Night]()
News / Corporate Responsibility
Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a … -
![Nepal_Disaster_Inequality_Farmland]()
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction … -
![Singapore Central Business District]()
News / Corporate Responsibility
Singapore’s top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting
The first year of reports under Singapore’s new sustainability rules are cautious and uneven. With consultation on the …
Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.
Strategic Organisations
