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Published in: ourEconomyWhen it comes to development, Public Private Partnerships give us a lot to wonder aboutWe have seen the social contract between state and citizen morph into a contract between state and private finance.
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Published in: 50.50This is how we won a historic victory for women’s and LGBTIQ rights in international lawThe final draft of a new international crimes against humanity treaty has dropped an outdated definition of gender,...
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Published in: 50.50Is the UN taking a position in today’s ‘culture wars’?Against conservative myths about the ‘natural family’, a new UN Women report shows how families are becoming more...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe South-South summit and the urgency of sustainable developmentCountries must advance UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to the "next level", Buenos Aires summit told. Español.
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Published in: 50.50Religious and market fundamentalisms threaten gender equality at UN summitAs the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking...
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Published in: HomeCounterbalancing disproportionate power: a response to John RuggieWhen human rights gained recognition the dominant power was the state relative to the individual and citizen. Now...
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Published in: HomeWhen is a genocide a genocide?(Or, why is the world allowing the Rohingya to be slaughtered?) There is a genocide happening before our eyes. If...
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Published in: HomeWho, apart from its people, wants peace in Yemen?Diplomatic activity has increased. But how serious are their efforts? Will they achieve anything?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe United Nations and a peace process strategy for SyriaA NOREF policy brief providing a series of recommendations for the development of a peacemkaing strategy for Syria,...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity Council reform: why it matters and why it's not happeningOn too many issues of global concern, the United Nations faces gridlock. The Security Council, embodying as it does...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill governments ever obey their own law?As governments are so infrequently held accountable for their actions, is there any reason why they wouldn't try and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTen years ago today in Baghdad
Ten years ago today in Baghdad a terror attack blasted apart the UN headquarters in Iraq... At the moment of the...
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Published in: HomeBearing witness to an international community
The author who has been involved in UN electoral missions all over the world, met up with a group of colleagues in...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of March 14th 2011
We lead this week with exciting news of a special preview of "The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of February 7th 2011
It gives me great pleasure to lead our report this week with news of the world premiere of "The Exile Nation...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 25th 2010
Charles Shaw is on the road this week, working on the Unheard Voices Project, so I have the honor of leading the...
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