Rapid acceleration of digitalization in rural communities in Asia and the Pacific is critical for regaining momentum towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), government policy makers agreed at the conclusion of a one-day event on the subject, convened today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). More […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS One of the earliest modern environmental, social, and governance (ESG) cases decided by the Supreme Court, Massachusetts v. EPA (2007), turned on Article III standing.1 There, the Supreme Court held that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other government entities had standing […]

Singapore – Lawyers from K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, with support from the firm’s London office, have assisted Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) with conducting a comparative review of the legal policy framework of pre-trial detention across the 54 Commonwealth Member […]

A recent New York Times exposé has shown that, for many rural communities in the Congo, the logging industry is often the only way to survive, even as people are becoming increasingly aware of how vital these carbon-absorbing trees are in the fight against climate change. But the Democratic Republic […]

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.

Sri Lanka is struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, a top government minister said on Sunday, as the crisis-hit country of 22 million people is down to just 15,000 tons of petrol and diesel to keep essential services running in the coming days.