Mandeep Tiwana - openDemocracy (Page 2)

India and South Africa risk forsaking their proud histories on human rights

India and South Africa are increasingly tarnishing their reputations as democratic and rights respecting nations. Most recently by unsuccessfully seeking to undermine a resolution on the right to peaceful protest at the UN Human Rights Council.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 9 Apr 2014

Civil society under threat: could international law help?

In the name of ‘traditional values’ and raisons d’état, authoritarian governments and dictators around the world are targeting the civil-society organisations who animate the public square. Democratic states and the UN must stand up for international legal standards.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 21 Jan 2014

BRICS summit: headway on Syria but can we also discuss corporate accountability and civil society participation

The fith BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa in late March was largely a government – business show with scant involvement of civil society. But a positive step has been taken by the BRICS statement on humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 3 Apr 2013

Shaping the post 2015 development agenda - don't forget the Millennium Declaration and the UN Declaration on Human Rights

Critics fear that the renewed UN Millennium Development Goals starting in 2015 will fail to include democracy and human rights. But maybe the UN Declaration on Human Rights is still useful.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 28 Feb 2013