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Justice and Legal Infrastructure
New Zealand’s new maximum-security jail has a sensory garden
It has native plants, a waterfall and a rock feature.
United States
Why fewer people are going back to prison in the US
A change in approach to rehabilitation is working in the US, with research showing the number of people going back to prison has dropped by almost 25%.
Education, Gender and Work
This innovative business offers female prisoners the opportunity to rebuild their lives
Fewer than one in 10 women prisoners have a job to go to on release.
France
French feminists are taking on 'smutty' seaside postcards
Pictures of women wearing bikinis are a typical if often maligned feature of French seaside resorts.
International Security
How international law is being reshaped and the challenges it faces
After decades of development in international law, influential voices are now challenging the status quo. This has profound implications for the future.
Financial and Monetary Systems
3 ways that regulation benefits economies
Despite the common view that regulations are bad for business, they can be beneficial to economies.
Circular Economy
In order to make plastic bans effective, we need to embrace the circular economy
Plastic bans need to be supported by systemic change and the development of the circular economy.
Education, Gender and Work
For LGBT people, life can be full of small daily struggles
A new survey in the UK shows how many LGBT people still feel uncomfortable.
Emerging Technologies
The law can't keep up with new tech. Here's how to close the gap
By the time we our ponderous legal systems have regulated new technology, it has already moved on. Could a new values-based approach to regulation be the answer?
United States
There are more guns than people in the US
New data from the Global Arms survey shows that there are 393 million guns for 326 million people.
Financial and Monetary Systems
These are some of the ingenious ways the world's banknotes are kept secure
From dollars to yen, this is how many currencies fight counterfeiture.
Digital Economy and Society
We need to talk about how we define responsibility online - and how we enforce it
"We've finally reached the point where society as a whole is ready to discuss the extent to which existing criminal and civil law can and should be enforced in the digital sphere."
Human Rights
This is the state of LGBTI rights around the world in 2018
While several countries still battle stigmatization and persecution, here are some of the ways LGBTI rights have inched forward this year.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This is how companies can help to save the world's forests
Many international companies have pledged to avoid products that are a result of illegal logging. This is an important step in the right direction, but more - much more - is needed.
Public Finance and Social Protection Systems
Have Europe's welfare states abandoned the young to pay the old?
New research shows that while society spends more time and money on younger generations than old people, the state does the opposite.