Chile has reached a historical landmark as the senate has approved the Optional Protocol for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (1999) after 20 years. Español
Today, the world is supposed to remember the victims of genocide. Tomorrow, Aung San Suu Kyi will confront the International Court of Justice over that same crime.
The Conservatives told openDemocracy they rely on "small-scale" funding. We explore the Tory donors' clubs and do the maths to find out if that’s plausible.
As Ukraine and Russia once again come to the negotiating table over the war in eastern Ukraine, a frontline town is trying to put itself back on the map.
Since the beginning of the protests in Chile, more than 2800 people have been injured, of whom 1180 have been shot and more than 8000 have been arrested. Español
An increasingly limited US influence in the Middle East is exacerbated by policies that aggravate conflicts and lead other powers to push their agendas.
British officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much public money already goes to the US healthcare industry.
