Trade: EU-US alignment sets up major showdown at MC14 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
As the World Trade Organization's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) approaches its opening in Yaounde, Cameroon on 26 March, developing countries appear to face a do-or-die battle to preserve the core provisions of the Marrakesh Agreement that established the WTO in 1995, said people familiar with the development.

Rights: UN chief warns of global shift from rule of law to "law of the jungle" (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Around the world, "the rule of law is being replaced by the law of the jungle", amid flagrant violations of international law and brazen disregard for the United Nations Charter, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on 26 January.

South Sudan: Risk of mass atrocities amid incitement, troop mobilisation (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has warned that inflammatory rhetoric by senior military leaders and reports of troop mobilisation in Jonglei State are sharply increasing the risk of large-scale violence against civilians.