Summary Sprawling over nearly half of Brazil’s territory and encompassing nine of its states, the Amazon region is home to over 20 million Brazilians. Since 1985 – when the government began monitoring deforestation in the Amazon – more than half a…

Summary In January 2017, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China gave a keynote speech at the Palais des Nations of the United Nations in Geneva. Although world leaders regularly give addresses there, few other occasions…

Summary Climate change is here with us. We cannot stop it. The only way is to see how to work around it. -- Peter Ekai Lokoel, Deputy Governor Turkana, September 2014 Over the past century, the average annual temperature on earth has…

Summary Testing Practices Access to Information Access to Medical Treatment Intimidation by Police and Government Officials Remediation and Long-Term Solutions Occupational Health Recommendations …

Kosovo: Poisoned by Lead A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Mitrovica's Roma Camps I. Summary Methodology II. Key Recommendations III. Chronology of Events IV. Background Kosovo's Romani Communities …

Introduction After nearly nine years of UN administration, Kosovo appears set to become an independent state.  The question is no longer if Kosovo will become a country, but what kind of country it will become. Today, Kosovo is a place…

This report is an analysis of China’s diplomatic efforts with respect to key members of the commission over the last three years. It describes a pattern of aggressive lobbying by Chinese officials, using economic and political blandishments, that has…