This policy brief outlines how a Special Envoy for Future Generations and a UN Forum on Future Generations could support countries to implement the Declaration. It suggests how these tools could work and through what process they could be created. 

This policy brief outlines what implementing a Declaration on Future Generations, annexed to the Pact for the Future to be adopted at the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024 could mean in practice by identifying key policy tools.

A key UN proposal to issue a Declaration on Future Generations and commit to institutional reforms could mark an inflection point in longstanding multilateral efforts to manage crises and place long-term sustainable development on secure foundations.

This ELAC policy brief explains the relationship between human rights protection and atrocity prevention, demonstrating that the promotion and protection of human rights in foreign policy engagements is vital to safeguard populations from future atrocities.

Despite being a global problem, international legal responses to hate speech have been slow-coming and patchy. One of the core international legal instruments on the matter is the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This paper builds on the United Nations work to provide more granular and well-calibrated guidance on the application of these provisions to online hate speech.

This new report co-authored by The Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict aims to build and support UN capacity in investigating mass atrocities.

To achieve global climate goals and build a more resilient economy, the rules and institutions of global economic governance must align around a green transition.