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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageQuand la protection des civils dans les crises humanitaires est en jeu : comment mesurons-nous le succès ?Le programme de protection d’Oxfam en RDC montre comment les « signaux du changement » peuvent nous aider à évaluer...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageLosing girls: post Ebola in Sierra LeoneThe effects of Ebola on Sierra Leone will be felt long after the country is declared Ebola-free, and girls are being...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe realpolitik of rights and democracyWhat happens when human rights and democracy do not only advance Western foreign policy, but also contribute to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageInternationalisation: lessons from the women’s movementThe internationalisation debate can learn a lot from women’s movements in terms of opening spaces and opportunities...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageL’internationalisation : les enseignements tirés du mouvement des femmesLe débat sur l’internationalisation peut tirer un grand nombre d’enseignements des mouvements des femmes lorsqu’il...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDo African rights groups have the “how” to internationalise?Internationalising human rights work in Africa will always be a distant dream unless rights groups operate beyond...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageClosing the doors of justice? The South African Constitutional Court’s approach to direct accessLegal interventions can help improve poverty and inequality, but in South Africa the poor don’t have sufficient...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogAfrica’s social movements present opportunities, not threats, for rights groupsAfter decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let the same happen to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEliminating female genital mutilation by 2030The UN’s proposed new development goals include a target to end harmful traditional practices like FGM by 2030. We...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageÉliminer les mutilations génitales féminines d’ici à 2030Les nouveaux objectifs de développement proposés par l’ONU incluent le fait de mettre un terme aux pratiques...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe Ongwen trial at the ICC: tough questions on child soldiersLRA commander and former child soldier Dominic Ongwen’s forthcoming trial at the ICC risks obscuring the complex...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageReligion inspires in ways that international law does notUsing extreme examples to justify a purely secular human rights approach does a disservice to the many religious...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageBeyond deterrence: the ICC effect in the DRCWhen does the ICC have a preventive effect? Evidence from DRC shows that it may not be the logic of deterrence that...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageAu-delà de la dissuasion : l’impact de la CPI en RDCQuand la CPI a-t-elle un effet préventif ? En RDC, les faits montrent que ce n’est pas forcément la logique de...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIl ne faut pas laisser tomber le « local » dans la ruée vers « l’internationalisation »Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre d’internationaliser les droits de l’homme aux dépends du contexte local. Dans un...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDon’t ditch the “local” when scrambling to “go global”We cannot afford to globalize human rights at the expense of local context. To be sustainable and effective, local...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePour vraiment internationaliser les droits de l’homme, le financement doit avoir du sensLes donateurs occidentaux souhaitent-ils « internationaliser » le mouvement des droits de l’homme ou veulent-ils...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTo truly internationalize human rights, funding must make senseDo western donors want to “internationalize” the human rights movement, or do they want to retain control while...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe ICC and beyond: tipping the scales of international justiceInternational Criminal Court developments in 2014 have certainly been important, but we must also look to key events...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTradition should defer to human rights, not the other way around‘Traditional African ways’ is not a monolith. It has evolved over time and must evolve again to adapt to human...
