Participants in the three-day conference reflect on the messages they've taken away from the second morning's sessions. Watch now...
Participants in the three-day conference reflect on the messages they've taken away from the first morning's sessions. Watch now...
Watch a video clip of the opening words of the conference.
What are we looking for?
The oD site has expanded rapidly over the last few years and the challenge is now to enhance the look and feel at the same
This year's session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, about to begin in New York, once again has a varied and compelling agenda.
Who knew what in the UK about the use of torture on Guantanamo detainees? The question itself is very important. We tend to think that the power of the State
* Editor Nikos Konstandaras points to the State's double humiliation: it killed an innocent; it failed to contain street violence.
* Malcolm Brabant at the BBC describes the culture of
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09-12-2008
ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
openDemocracy promotes human rights and democracy through dialogue and debate. But a global debate without the female half of humanity
The joint experts' statement on Iran
Despite recent glimmers of diplomacy, the United States and Iran remain locked in a cycle of threats and defiance that destabilises the middle
openDemocracy and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) are launching a major debate on the current state of democracy support in the world
The debate will be
One man's experience of the UK asylum system, as told to openDemocracy at Sheffield's City of Sanctuary, as part of Refugee Week 2008.
When I came
It is crucial for the interests of both Zimbabwe and Africa that the elections on 27 June 2008 are free and fair.
Zimbabweans fought for liberation in order to be
