Mandeep Tiwana

Mandeep Tiwana is the head of policy and research at the global civil society alliance, CIVICUS. He specialises in legislation affecting the core civil society freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.

Liberar a defensores de derechos humanos encarcelados en todo el mundo

El próximo 18 de julio, Día de Mandela, es un buen momento para redoblar los esfuerzos por la libertad de los activistas de derechos humanos actualmente en prisión en todo el planeta

By Mandeep Tiwana and Benjamin Tonga

/ 14 Jul 2022

Liberar a defensores de derechos humanos encarcelados en todo el mundo

Agenda 2030 marred by MDG mindsets on steroids

Business as usual is bad news for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, arguably the greatest human endeavour ever attempted to create just, equal and sustainable societies.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 18 Oct 2018

Agenda 2030 marred by MDG mindsets on steroids

Business as usual is bad news for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, arguably the greatest human endeavour ever attempted to create just, equal and sustainable societies.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 18 Oct 2018

Retroceso global del espacio cívico en las democracias

En todo el mundo, el espacio cívico - un ingrediente clave para una democracia exitosa y respetuosa con los derechos - está amenazado. English

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 20 Apr 2017

Backsliding on civic space in democracies

An open civic space is a key ingredient of a successful and rights respecting democracy. Sadly, there’s a gaping hole between principle and practice. Español

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 20 Apr 2017

Backsliding on civic space in democracies

An open civic space is a key ingredient of a successful and rights respecting democracy. Sadly, there’s a gaping hole between principle and practice. Español

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 20 Apr 2017

Rumo a uma sociedade civil multipolar‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Com um mundo mais multipolar do que nunca, por que o poder da sociedade civil ainda está desproporcionalmente situado no Norte Global? Uma contribuição ao debate da openGlobalRights, Internacionalização das ONGs de direitos humanos. English, Español.

By Mandeep Tiwana and Danny Sriskandarajah

/ 28 May 2015

Hacia una sociedad civil multipolar

Ahora que el mundo es mucho más multipolar que antes, ¿por qué el poder de la sociedad civil aún reside desproporcionadamente en el Norte global? Una contribución al debate de openGlobalRights sobre la internacionalización de las organizaciones de derechos humanos. English, Português

By Mandeep Tiwana and Danny Sriskandarajah

/ 28 May 2015

Towards a multipolar civil society

With the world more multipolar than ever, why is civil society power still disproportionately located in the global North? A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Internationalizing human rights organizations. Español, Português

By Mandeep Tiwana and Danny Sriskandarajah

/ 28 May 2015

Egypt: time to end the diplomatic farce

Many Egyptians are smarting from the betrayal of their revolution while the military-backed regime tightens its grip. The international community can no longer ignore this.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 10 Sep 2014

Can emerging powers break out of narrow strategic imperatives and reboot the global human rights narrative?

The ability of India, Brazil and South Africa to emerge as moral voices from the south to reclaim the human rights narrative is not in doubt, but their willingness to take the global centre-stage is certainly in question. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human R

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 10 Jun 2014

Privatisation of governance: a multi-stakeholder slippery slope

A tight overlap between economic and political elites creates a massive push to shrink the public sector to accommodate private interests. This amounts to an abdication of state responsibility and a betrayal of the social contract between citizens and the state.

By Mandeep Tiwana

/ 2 Jun 2014