Isabel Hilton

In deep water: China tests its neighbours’ patience

China’s rapid growth is placing increasing demands on natural resources in the region but Beijing’s political rise is encouraging the dictatorship to flex its muscles as associated tensions rise.

By Isabel Hilton

/ 15 Aug 2014

Justice in the world's light

What precedent did the arrest of former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet set for international justice? An interview from the openDemocracy archive.

By Isabel Hilton, Geoffrey Bindman and Juan Garces

/ 16 Aug 2013

If the world’s surface is also a measure of the world’s peoples, then the People’s Republic of China is the most significant “vast swathe” to have achieved

By Isabel Hilton

/ 11 May 2011

Chile's global drama

An extraordinary Latin American country gifts another story to the world. But Chile's latest epic carries many ghosts in its train, writes Isabel Hilton.

By Isabel Hilton

/ 18 Oct 2010

A regional crisis created mainly by disastrous Soviet policies will only be exacerbated by the challenges of climate change, a Kyrgyz water expert tells Isabel Hilton. First published on ChinaDialogue

By Isabel Hilton

/ 6 Oct 2009

We are visible

Katana Gégé Bukuru spoke to Isabel Hilton at the Nobel Women's Initiative gathering in Antigua about her work for women's human rights and the search for durable peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

By Isabel Hilton

/ 30 Jun 2009

Violence targets the weakest

We have found that the primary cause of all the violence and submission which women undergo is discrimination, and it is this which makes us more vulnerable than the others. Lucie Minzigama spoke to Isabel Hilton at the Nobel Women's initiative gathering in Guatemala about her work in Burundi work

By Isabel Hilton

/ 29 Jun 2009

For democracy to flourish, it has to be a culture as well as a process

A political murder in Guatemala illuminates the core themes of the Nobel women's conference

By Isabel Hilton

/ 14 May 2009

The neglected story of war

Women's energies address the social violence of "after". Plus: Erin Simpson and Rosemary Bechler

By Isabel Hilton

/ 12 May 2009

Courting justice

What can a government do to harass women fighting for their rights when they are not breaking the law? In Iran, according to Shirin Ebadi, Nobel prize winner, lawyer and human rights defender, one answer is to use the power of the courts against them. Read more...

By Isabel Hilton

/ 11 May 2009

Engaging with Power

The path to Guatemala and "women redefining democracy" is walked by Isabel Hilton

By Isabel Hilton

/ 11 May 2009

Guantánamo: the inside story

Listen to the full interview (37.42 mins) High bandwidth: 128kbps / Low bandwidth: 64kbps Guantánamo: what is it really like? Hear Clive Stafford Smith, who visits Guantánamo regularly, talk about

By Isabel Hilton and Clive Stafford Smith

/ 10 Jun 2008