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Society Spain

11. February 2026

Path Opens for Hundreds of Thousands to Gain Legal Status and Rights

Spain approved a decree in 2026 to regularise the status of around 500,000 undocumented migrants who had lived in the country for at least five months, strengthening integration and labour protections.

Society

Society China

4. February 2026

Justice Is Turning the Tide on Domestic Abuse

China has recorded a sustained decline in domestic violence cases since 2021, showing that stronger enforcement and broader legal protections are reducing the most severe forms of abuse.

Heroes

Heroes The World

5. January 2026

She’s Investing in Women’s Health All Over the World

More than 80 nonprofits across 119 countries have received $250 million in grants from Melinda French Gates to strengthen women’s health care and reproductive rights in underserved communities.

Society

Society The World

18. December 2025

We’re Getting Extreme Poverty Out of Children’s Way

Around the world, 95 million children have escaped extreme poverty since the start of the century — a powerful sign that decades of global investment in children’s health, education and protection are paying off.

Society

Society USA

27. November 2025

Long-Awaited Homecoming for Wildlife and Tribal People

California has returned 17,000 acres of ancestral foothill habitat to the Tule River Indian Tribe, where Tule elk have now been reintroduced for the first time in decades.

Society

Muetaz Mhd Semir, the Syrian-born owner of Amerogn Chicken, has expanded his restaurant chain to eight branches in Ethiopia

Society Ethiopia

5. November 2025

New Work Rights Open Doors for Thousands of Refugees

In Ethiopia, a groundbreaking directive is transforming refugee lives by granting, for the first time, the legal right to work, run businesses, and earn fair wages.

Environment

Environment New Zealand

11. October 2025

Mountain Gets the Same Rights as People

New Zealand has transformed a mountain sacred to the Māori into a legal person — giving it rights, say advocates, akin to those of living beings.

Society

Colombia Unveils Latin America's First Biodiversity Bonds at COP16 in Cali

Society Colombia

30. May 2025

Indigenous Communities Will Be in Charge of Their Land Again

Colombia has formalized Indigenous rights to land, identity, autonomy, and decision-making over their own development, a presidential decree hailed as historic by Indigenous leaders.

Society

Marcela Coen Moraga, Minister Counsellor, presents the statement on corporal punishment to the Human Rights Council on behalf of the Costa Rican Government and 39 other countries on 12 March 2025

Society The World

27. April 2025

Forty-one Countries Put Forth a Significant Urge to Protect Children’s Rights

Forty countries have made the first-ever joint statement addressing children’s fundamental right to be protected against all forms of violence and pleading for all delinquent States to uphold children’s protection by taking action.

Animals

Bullfight at the Plaza de Toros Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico, on 2 March 2025

Animals Mexico

9. April 2025

No-Blood Bullfighting: an Animal Rights Win

Traditional bullfighting has been banned in Mexico City and replaced by a bloodless spectacle, a decision hailed as a victory for animal rights activists who have been working for years on end to outlaw the practice in the Mexican capital.