The region continues to be the main cocaine corridor for US markets, confirming the importance of Central America in the international drug trade. Español
It is the role of Parliament, not least by its select committees, to hold the government to account at every stage along the way.
It was the al Qaeda attacks in 2001, followed in quick succession by two political murders, that completely altered not just the landscape but the logic of Dutch politics.
The Five Star Movement mayor of Rome has undergone non-stop media attacks since being elected last year.
In the race to secure against threats, human rights such as privacy, free expression, freedom of assembly are undermined rather than protected.
As the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place in New York, gender justice advocates from around the world are uniting around the following principles.
The harsh treatment of political opposition in society, and the forms of torture that await them in the country’s overcrowded prisons, are a worrying sign for the year ahead in Venezuela. Português Español
Ahead of Wednesday’s general election, an electoral campaign characterized by populism has masked efforts to grant arbitrary powers to the government that infringe on the rule of law.
Human Rights Watch’s own research has found repeated abuses against ordinary people during policing operations under emergency powers.
Arendt warns that a claim to absolute truth in the political sphere, with no support from opinion, would threaten to asphyxiate politics. For debate constitutes the essence of the political.
Dr Nicola Rollock, lead author of the award-winning book The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the Black middle classes, discusses race, equality and education in the UK.
As sea levels rise, lands dry out, and disasters linked to natural hazards become more common, more and more people are going to be forced to move. Are we prepared?
